Job 31:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

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  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man; 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Ezek 28:5 : 5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
  • Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is sumptuous and their food plentiful.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. 18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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  • Job 31:23-24
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    23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure.

    24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

  • Job 31:26-27
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    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

    27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

  • Eccl 2:7-11
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    7I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also, I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

    8I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments.

    9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him;

  • 17And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

  • Job 31:38-39
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    38If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

    39If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life;

  • 16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 7If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any stain has cleaved to my hands;

  • Job 31:20-21
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    20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

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

  • 25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

  • 4I made great works; I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

  • 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

  • 15Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

  • Prov 8:18-19
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    18Riches and honor are with me; yes, enduring riches and righteousness.

    19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

  • 31Rejoicing in the inhabitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

  • 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit;

  • 6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • 1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

  • 25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • 14And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.

  • Ezek 28:4-5
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    4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures:

    5By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:

  • 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

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    3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

  • 13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

  • 22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • 20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

  • 7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • 14I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

  • 5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • 11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • 13If I have despised the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they contended with me;

  • 27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and console myself:

  • 10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • 3For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • 19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

  • 15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • 9If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;

  • 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.