Job 31:9

“If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;”

"If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;" - Job 31:9
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What does Job 31:9 mean?

Job 31:9 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;" This verse is part of a larger passage from the Book of Job where Job is defending his righteousness and faithfulness to God. In…

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Guarding the Heart: A Devotional Reflection on Job 31:9

In the book of Job, amidst his afflictions, we find a powerful assertion of integrity and purity in Job 31:9, where he declares, "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door." This verse stands as a testament to Job’s unwavering…

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A Prayer for Purity and Integrity of Heart

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a humble heart, acknowledging Your greatness and the profound depth of Your wisdom. As I meditate on the words of Job 31:9, "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;" I find myself…

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Job 31:9 - "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;"
Job 31:9-12 - "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her. For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged. It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest."
"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her. For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged. It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest." - Job 31:9-12
Job 9:31 - "Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me."
"Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me." - Job 9:31
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 9:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
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 31:4 - "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"
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."
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 9:1
Job 31:28 - "This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above."