Job 31:30
(Nay, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, By asking with curses his life;)
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, And exulted when evil came upon him;
31If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, “Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?”
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be swift to utter any thing before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.
Matthew 5:22But I say to you, that whoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the Judges; and whoever shall say to his brother, Simpleton! shall be in danger of the Council; and whoever shall say, Fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire.
Matthew 12:36And I say to you, that for every idle word that men shall speak, they will give account in the day of judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
1 Peter 2:22who committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →