Job 31:24
If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'
Young's Literal Translation
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 a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.
25If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
Cross References
Genesis 31:1And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, 'Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'
Psalms 49:6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
Psalms 52:7'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
Proverbs 30:9Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who [is] Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
Luke 12:15And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
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 →