Job 31:30
(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sinby asking his life with a curse);
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,or lifted up myself when evil found him;
31if the men of my tent have not said,'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Matthew 5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of hell.
Matthew 12:36But I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
1 Peter 2:22who did not sin, "neither was deceit 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 →