Job 31:24

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“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:7 : 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
  • Prov 11:28 : 28 The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say,“Who is the LORD?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
  • Mark 10:24-25 : 24 The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them,“Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  • Col 3:5 : 5 So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.
  • Gen 31:1 : 1 Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
  • Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:25-29
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    25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

    26if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

  • Job 31:23
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    23For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

  • Job 22:24-25
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    24and throw your gold in the dust– your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines–

    25then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

  • Job 23:10-11
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    10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

    11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

  • Job 4:6
    72%

    6Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

  • Job 3:15
    71%

    15or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

  • Ps 31:14
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    14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”

  • Ps 39:7
    71%

    7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

  • Job 28:1
    71%

    1III. Job’s Search for Wisdom(28:1-28)No Known Road to Wisdom“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

  • Job 31:5-7
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    5If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

    7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

  • Ps 49:6
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    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Job 31:16
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    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Prov 8:18-19
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    18Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.

    19My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.

  • Job 6:10-13
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    10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

    11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

    12Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?

    13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

  • Job 13:14-15
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    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Job 17:15
    70%

    15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

  • Ps 30:6
    70%

    6In my self-confidence I said,“I will never be shaken.”

  • Job 9:27-28
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    69%

    27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

    28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

  • Job 36:19
    69%

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Ps 52:7
    69%

    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Job 31:36
    69%

    36Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;

  • Job 31:21
    69%

    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

  • Job 31:33-34
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    33if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

    34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

  • Lam 3:18
    69%

    18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

  • Job 31:39
    69%

    39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

  • Ps 7:3
    69%

    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

  • Job 24:25
    68%

    25“If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

  • Job 31:9
    68%

    9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

  • Deut 32:34
    68%

    34“Is this not stored up with me?” says the LORD,“Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

  • Lam 3:24
    68%

    24“My portion is the LORD,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

  • Job 10:20
    68%

    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • Ps 38:15-16
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    68%

    15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

    16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.

  • Ps 62:10
    68%

    10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

  • Ezek 28:4
    68%

    4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.