Job 31:30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
31If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Matthew 5:22But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire.
Matthew 12:36But I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.
1 Peter 2:22Who committed no sin, neither was guile 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 →