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Job 15:31 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 15:31 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 15 verse 31 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.”
Job 15:31 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 15:31
'Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.' Eliphaz warns: don't let the 'deceived' (נִתְעָה, nit'ah) trust in 'vanity' (שָׁוְא, shav—emptiness, worthlessness), for vanity will be his 'recompence' (תְּמוּרָתוֹ, temurato—exchange, wages). The principle is sound: trusting worthless things yields worthless results (Isaiah 30:7, Jeremiah 2:5). The application to Job is false: Job doesn't trust vanity but cries to God. Eliphaz subtly equates Job's honest questions with trusting emptiness. This conflates faith with unquestioning acceptance. True faith can ques...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 15:31
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“and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity”
“he deceives himself.”
“and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield”
“for whatever a man sows”
“don't set your heart on them.”
“and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.”
“nor say”
“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
“those who plow iniquity”
“With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.”