Job 31:25
If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had got much;
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
In Context
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;
26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17And you say in yours heart, My power and the might of mine hand has got me this wealth.
Esther 5:11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Proverbs 23:5Will you set yours eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Isaiah 39:2And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.
Ezekiel 28:5By your great wisdom and by your trade have you increased your riches, and yours heart is lifted up because of your riches:
Hosea 12:8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
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 →