Job 31:4

“Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?”

"Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?" - Job 31:4
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What does Job 31:4 mean?

Job 31:4 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?" This verse is part of Job's final plea of innocence before God in the midst of intense suffering and scrutiny. To truly understand the depth and significance of this verse…

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The All-Seeing Eye of God

In the book of Job, a man renowned for his piety and unwavering faith, he faces unimaginable suffering and loss. In Job 31:4, he poses a profound question that resonates with both the righteous and the disillusioned: "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?" This verse…

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A Prayer of Accountability and Awareness Before God

Almighty God, As I come before You today, I am deeply aware of the weight of Your omniscience. Your Word in Job 31:4 asks, "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?" Lord, I acknowledge that you are a God who sees and knows all things. There is no thought that escapes…

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Job 31:4 - "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"
Job 31:40 - "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended."
Job 31:31 - "If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
Job 33:31 - "Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak."
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Job 31:3 - "Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?"
Job 31 take an inventory of his life
Job 31:26 - "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Job 36:31 - "For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance."
Job 31:32 - "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller."
Job 31:38 - "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;"
Job 15:31 - "Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence."
Job 38:31 - "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"
Job 31:5 - "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;"
Job 31:12 - "For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase."
Job 31:6 - "Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity."
Job 31:33 - "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:"
Job 30:31 - "My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep."
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 31:2 - "For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?"
Job 31:36 - "Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me."
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 31:20 - "If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;"
Job 31:19 - "If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;"
Job 31:30 - "Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul."
Job 31:16 - "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;"
Job 31:13 - "If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;"
Job 31:1 - "I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?"
Job 31:23 - "For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure."