Job 31:5
"If I have walked with falsehood,and my foot has hurried to deceit
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
In Context
4Doesn't he see my ways,and number all my steps?
6(let me be weighed in an even balance,that God may know my integrity);
Cross References
Joshua 22:22"The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against the Lord (do not save us this day),
Psalms 7:3Lord, my God, if I have done this,if there is iniquity in my hands,
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with deceitful men,neither will I go in with hypocrites.
Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread,but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord God.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9
Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →