Job 31:12
Yea, it were a fire that would consume to destruction, And root out all my increase.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For this were a heinous crime, Even a transgression to be punished by the judges;
13If I have refused justice to my man-servant or maid-servant, When they had a controversy with me,
Cross References
Job 20:28The substance of his house shall disappear; It shall flow away in the day of His wrath.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is upon the house of the wicked, But he blesseth the dwelling of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7How can I pardon thee for this? [[saith Jehovah;]] Thy children have forsaken me, And sworn by them that are no gods. I have fed them to the full, yet do they commit adultery, And assemble themselves in crowds in the house of the harlot.
Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be honored in all respects, and the bed be undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →