Job 31:3
I used to think that calamity is for unrighteous people, 1 and that disaster is for doers of wickedness. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
In Context
2For what is the portion from God above, 1 the inheritance from the Almighty on high? 1
4Does not God see my ways 1 and count all my steps? 1
Cross References
Judges 9:53But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and it cracked his skull.
Job 21:30that the wicked man is kept from the day of calamity, 1 and that he is led away from the day of wrath? 1
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring the wicked down into the pit of destruction; 1 bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live even half as long as others, 1 but I will trust in you.
Proverbs 1:27when your fearful dread comes like a storm 1 and disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, 1 when distress and anguish come upon you. 1
Proverbs 21:15When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous person, 1 but it brings terror to evildoers. 1
Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many people who go through it.
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 →