Job 31:24
If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
In Context
23For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
25If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
Cross References
Genesis 31:1Now he heard the words of Labans sonnes, saying, Iaakob hath taken away all that was our fathers, and of our fathers goods hath he gotten all this honour.
Psalms 49:6They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.
Psalms 52:7Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.
Proverbs 10:15The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.
Proverbs 30:9Least I be full, and denie thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.
Luke 12:15Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24
Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →