Job 31:7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 15:39 : 39 You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the LORD and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–
  • Ezek 6:9 : 9 Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
  • Ezek 14:3 : 3 “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?
  • Ezek 14:7 : 7 For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the resident foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the LORD am determined to answer him personally.
  • Job 9:30 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,
  • Job 23:11 : 11 My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.
  • Ps 44:20-21 : 20 If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god, 21 would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
  • Ps 101:3 : 3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:4-6
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    4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

    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.

  • Ps 7:3
    81%

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

  • Job 31:25-27
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    79%

    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,

  • Job 23:11
    76%

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

  • Job 31:8-9
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    8then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

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

  • Ps 26:11
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    11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

  • Ps 73:2
    76%

    2But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

  • Job 31:33
    76%

    33if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

  • Job 9:30
    76%

    30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

  • Ps 73:13
    75%

    13I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

  • Job 31:1
    75%

    1Job Vindicates Himself“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

  • Ps 18:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.

    24The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Ps 17:5
    75%

    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

  • 2 Sam 22:24-25
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    75%

    24I was blameless before him; I kept myself from sinning.

    25The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Job 10:14
    75%

    14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

  • Job 31:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

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

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Job 34:32
    74%

    32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

  • Job 11:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

    14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • Job 16:17
    74%

    17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

  • Ps 26:1
    74%

    1By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.

  • Job 31:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

    38Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,

  • Job 9:20
    73%

    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

  • Job 7:20
    73%

    20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

  • Ps 101:3
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    3I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.

  • Job 15:12
    73%

    12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

  • Prov 20:9
    73%

    9Who can say,“I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?

  • Ps 51:9
    73%

    9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

  • Job 14:16
    73%

    16The Present Condition“Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.

  • Ps 18:21
    72%

    21For I have obeyed the LORD’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

  • Ps 119:37
    72%

    37Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!

  • Job 33:9
    72%

    9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • Job 31:16
    72%

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

  • Ps 51:3
    72%

    3For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.

  • 2 Sam 22:22
    72%

    22For I have obeyed the LORD’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

  • Job 10:6
    72%

    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

  • Ps 73:15
    72%

    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Job 19:4
    72%

    4But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

  • Job 27:6
    72%

    6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

  • Job 11:4
    72%

    4For you have said,‘My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.’

  • Job 14:3
    72%

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?