Job 31:24
"If I have made gold my hope,and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
New Heart English Bible
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 calamity from God is a terror to me.Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,and because my hand had gotten much;
Cross References
Genesis 31:1He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."
Psalms 49:6Those who trust in their wealth,and boast in the multitude of their riches-
Psalms 52:7"Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength,but trusted in the abundance of his riches,and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
Proverbs 10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city.The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 30:9lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the Lord?'or lest I be poor, and steal,and so dishonor the name of my God.
Luke 12:15He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
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 →