Job 31:29

American Standard Version (1901)

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

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  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18 Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
  • Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
  • Ps 35:25-26 : 25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
  • 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
  • 2 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings. 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
  • 2 Sam 16:5-8 : 5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
  • Obad 1:12 : 12 But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress. [

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  • 30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

  • 12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

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    3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

    4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

  • Job 31:27-28
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    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

    28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

  • 41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

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    21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

  • 19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

  • 10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

  • 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

  • 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

  • 11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.

  • 25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

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    17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

  • 7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

  • Job 31:12-13
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    12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

    13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

  • 15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • 23For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

  • 27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

  • 41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

  • 26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

  • 20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 31:6-7
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    6I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

    7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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    19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

    20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

  • 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

  • 5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

  • 19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • 11By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

  • 24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

  • 5And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

  • 17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

  • 9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  • 2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

  • 29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

  • 9Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • 13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • 10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • 26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

  • 21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • 38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

  • 4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.