Job 15:31

“Let not man trust in vanity! he will be deceived; For vanity shall be his recompense.

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In The King James Version

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

In Context

30He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.

32He shall come to his end before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

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Cross References

Job 12:16With him are strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.

Proverbs 22:8He who soweth iniquity shall reap calamity, And the rod of his punishment is prepared.

Isaiah 44:20He toileth for ashes; A deluded heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver himself, and say “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Jeremiah 37:9Thus saith Jehovah: Deceive not yourselves, saying, “The Chaldaeans shall surely depart from us”; for they shall not depart.

Jonah 2:8They that honor lying vanities forsake their mercy;

Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap;

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

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