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Job 31:12 Cross-References
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“For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.”
Job 31:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:12
It is a fire that consumeth to destruction (כִּי־אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדּוֹן תֹּאכֵל, ki-esh hi ad-abaddon tokhel)—adultery is compared to esh (אֵשׁ, fire) that devours until abaddon (אֲבַדּוֹן, destruction/the grave). The term abaddon appears six times in Job, always denoting the realm of death or the abyss (Proverbs 15:11, 27:20). Would root out all mine increase (tevu'ati, תְּבוּאָתִי, my produce/harvest) shows that sexual sin doesn't stay contained—it consumes everything: family, legacy, prosperity.This imagery anticipates Proverbs 6:27-28: "Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes no...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 31:12
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“and his clothes not be burned?”
“and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full”
“He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches”
“The increase of his house shall depart”
“and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
“and against the adulterers”
“and Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering.”
“but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.”