Job 31:29

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If I 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 calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 24:17-18 : 17 ¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD 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 humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
  • Ps 35:25-26 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour 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 the LORD, 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, who [thought] that I would have given him a reward 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 therefore 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, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, 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, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man.
  • Obad 1:12 : 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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  • 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

  • 12 For [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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    3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

    4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

  • Job 31:27-28
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    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.

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

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

    22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

  • 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

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

  • 7 ¶ Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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

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

  • 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

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    17 ¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

    18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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

  • Job 31:12-13
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    12 For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

    13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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

  • 23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

  • 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.

  • 20 [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

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    6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

    7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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

    20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

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

  • 5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

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

  • 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

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

  • 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

  • 9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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

  • 16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

  • 8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

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

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

  • 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • 26 When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

  • 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

  • 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.