Job 31:5
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9
Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →