Job 31:9-12

“If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.”

"If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase." - Job 31:9-12
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What does Job 31:9-12 mean?

Job 31:9-12 from the King James Version reads: "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished…

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The Consuming Fire of Adultery

The words of Job, expressed in Job 31:9-12 (KJV), provide us with a poignant reminder of the gravity of moral failure, especially in the sacred institutions of marriage and neighborly trust. In these verses, Job articulates a powerful conviction against the deceit of the heart…

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A Prayer for Purity and Integrity in Relationships

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of Heaven and Earth, I come before You with a humbled heart, recognizing the weight of the words spoken in Job 31:9-12. Your Scriptures are truth, and they guide my every step. I seek Your guidance as I wrestle with the implications of fidelity…

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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."
Job 31:12 - "For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase."
Job 9:31 - "Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me."
Job 31:9 - "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;"
Job 12:9 - "Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?"
"For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase." - Job 31:12
Titus 3:1-2
Genesis 3: 1-2
Titus 3:1-2
Job 9:12 - "Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?"
"Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?" - Job 12:9
"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."
"If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;" - Job 31:9
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 12:1 - "And Job answered and said,"
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;"