Job 31:25

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 23:5 : 5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers. 14 My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped."
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
  • Ezek 28:5 : 5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic 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, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
  • Hab 1:16 : 16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 and [lest] you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth." 18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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

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  • Job 31:26-27
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    26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

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

    8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

    9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

    10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Job 31:29
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    29"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • Deut 8:17
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    17and [lest] 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 out against me, and its furrows weep together;

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

  • Eccl 1:16
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    16I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

  • Job 31:7
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    7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

  • Job 31:20-21
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    20if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

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

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

  • Eccl 2:4
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    4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

  • Job 31:16
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    16"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Job 3:15
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    15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

  • Prov 8:18-19
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    18With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

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

  • Prov 8:31
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    31Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

  • Job 31:5
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    5"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

  • Ps 49:6
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    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--

  • Eccl 2:1
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    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.

  • Job 30:25
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    25Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?

  • Isa 10:14
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    14My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped."

  • Ezek 28:4-5
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    4by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

    5by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--

  • Ps 30:6
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    6As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."

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

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

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    20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

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    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."

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

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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, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

  • Job 19:5
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    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

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    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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    13"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

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

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

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

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    15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:

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

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