Job 31:24
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
In Context
23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
Cross References
Genesis 31:1Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24
Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →