Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 31:7 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Job 31:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 31 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 31:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way (אִם תִּטֶּה אַשֻּׁרִי מִנִּי הַדָּרֶךְ, im titteh ashuri minni haderech)—Natah (turned aside, declined) with ashur (step, walk) from derech (the way, the path) describes moral deviation from God's prescribed course. Deuteronomy repeatedly warns against turning 'to the right hand or to the left' (Deuteronomy 5:32).Mine heart walked after mine eyes (וְאַחַר עֵינַי הָלַךְ לִבִּי, ve'achar einai halach libbi)—This phrase reverses proper order: the lev (heart, will) should govern the eyes, but Job asks if his heart followed his eyes lustfully. Numbers 15:39 wa...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 31:7
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“tassel}”
“young man”
“pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish”
“how that I have been broken with their lewd heart”
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.”
“or spread forth our hands to a strange god;”
“and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions”
“these men have taken their idols into their heart”
“or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel”
“and not turned aside.”