Job 15:31
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;for emptiness shall be his reward.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
In Context
32It shall be accomplished before his time.His branch shall not be green.
Cross References
Job 12:16With him is strength and wisdom.The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Proverbs 22:8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes.A deceived heart has turned him aside;and he can't deliver his soul,nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"
Jeremiah 37:9Thus says the Lord, "Do not deceive yourselves, saying, 'The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us'; for they shall not depart.
Jonah 2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →