Job 31:24

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:7 : 7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  • Prov 11:28 : 28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
  • Mark 10:24-25 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
  • Gen 31:1 : 1 He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
  • Ps 49:6-7 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches-- 7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:25-29
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    84%

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

    26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

    27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

    28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

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

  • Job 31:23
    76%

    23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

  • Job 22:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

    25The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

  • Job 23:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.

    11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.

  • Job 4:6
    72%

    6Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?

  • Job 3:15
    71%

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

  • Ps 31:14
    71%

    14But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."

  • Ps 39:7
    71%

    7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

  • Job 28:1
    71%

    1"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

  • Job 31:5-7
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    70%

    5"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

    6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

    7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

  • Ps 49:6
    70%

    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--

  • Job 31:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 8:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

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

  • Job 6:10-13
    4 verses
    70%

    10Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

    11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

    12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

    13Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • Job 13:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

    15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

  • Job 17:15
    70%

    15where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • Ps 30:6
    70%

    6As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."

  • Job 9:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

  • Job 36:19
    69%

    19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

  • Ps 52:7
    69%

    7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Job 31:36
    69%

    36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

  • Job 31:21
    69%

    21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

  • Job 31:33-34
    2 verses
    69%

    33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

    34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--

  • Lam 3:18
    69%

    18I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.

  • Job 31:39
    69%

    39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

  • Ps 7:3
    69%

    3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

  • Job 24:25
    68%

    25If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?"

  • Job 31:9
    68%

    9"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

  • Deut 32:34
    68%

    34"Isn't this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?

  • Lam 3:24
    68%

    24Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

  • Job 10:20
    68%

    20Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • Ps 38:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

    16For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

  • Ps 62:10
    68%

    10Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

  • Ezek 28:4
    68%

    4by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;