Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
King James Version
In Context
11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Cross References
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Jeremiah 5:7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed 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 →