Job: Chapter 31:1-40 of 42 (KJV)

Pray for God’s Wisdom and Understanding,
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Job Avows His Integrity

Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Job 31:2
For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Job 31:3
[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

Job 31:4
[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Job 31:6
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Job 31:8
[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Job 31:9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

Job 31:10
[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Job 31:11
For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.

Job 31:12
For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

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

Job 31:17
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Job 31:18
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

Job 31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Job 31:22
[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

Job 31:23
For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

Job 31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

Job 31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

Job 31:28
This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.

Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

Job 31:30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

Job 31:31
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

Job 31:32
The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller.

Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

Job 31:34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door?

Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.

Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Job 31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Thank you, Heavenly Father for teaching us your Word. Amen.
End of Job Chapter 31/42.