Job 31:30
Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
31Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
Matthew 5:22But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly, shalbe culpable of iudgment. And whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the Councill. And whosoeuer shall say, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell fire.
Matthew 12:36But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.
James 3:6And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
1 Peter 2:22Who did no sinne, neither was there 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 →