Job 31:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

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  • Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
  • Deut 17:3 : 3 and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
  • 2 Kgs 23:5 : 5 And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
  • 2 Kgs 23:11 : 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the officer, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 And they will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, whom they have served, after whom they have walked, whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be dung upon the face of the earth.
  • Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Deut 11:16 : 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
  • Gen 1:16-18 : 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:24-25
    2 verses
    83%

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

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

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

  • Job 29:2-4
    3 verses
    79%

    2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God watched over me;

    3When His lamp shone upon my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;

    4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tent;

  • Eccl 11:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.

    8But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

  • 2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.

  • Job 31:4-7
    4 verses
    74%

    4Does He not see my ways, and count all my steps?

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

    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

    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;

  • 16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

  • 11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

  • 5Behold, even the moon, and it does not shine; yes, the stars are not pure in His sight.

  • 14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

  • Eccl 2:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

  • 13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

  • 26When I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

  • 11When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

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

  • 26Upon this I awoke, and looked around; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • 5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

  • 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor has he covered the darkness from my face.

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

  • 71%

    3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • 7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

  • 19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

  • 21And now men do not see the bright light which is in the clouds, but the wind passes and clears them.

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

  • 24If I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it; and the light of my countenance they did not cast down.

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

  • Job 29:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6When I washed my steps with cream, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil;

    7When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square!

  • 37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.

  • 19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its setting.

  • 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.

  • 32Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction.

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

  • 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • 28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

  • 19If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering;

  • 5Moreover, it has not seen the sun nor known anything: this has more rest than the other.

  • 9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:

  • 6The sun shall not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.