Job 31:29

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 reoacheth 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:)

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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 renr 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.