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Verse Job 31:12. _FOR IT_ IS _A FIRE_] Nothing is so destructive of
domestic peace. Where _jealousy_ exists, unmixed misery dwells; and
the adulterer and fornicator _waste their substance_ on the unla...
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FOR IT IS A FIRE THAT CONSUMETH TO DESTRUCTION - This may mean that
such an offence would be a crime that would provoke God to send
destruction, like a consuming fire upon the offender (Rosenmuller an...
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CHAPTER 31
_ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_
2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13)
3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24)
4. Let God and man disprove me ...
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JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his
innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is
the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
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b.
Was upright in his domestic relations (Job 31:9-15)
c.
He was kind and neighborly. (Job 31:16-23)
TEXT 31:9-23
9 IF MY HEART HATH BEEN ENTICED ONTO A WOMAN,
And I have laid wait at my neighbo...
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_IF MINE HEART HAVE BEEN DECEIVED BY A WOMAN, OR IF I HAVE LAID WAIT
AT MY NEIGHBOUR'S DOOR;_
Job asserts his innocence of adultery.
DECEIVED - hath let itself be seduced (Proverbs 7:8, etc.; Genes...
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JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE
Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired
still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and
weak, charity, mod...
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The evil results of lust: cp. Proverbs 6:24.
13-23. Sins of oppression....
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 31
JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
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A husband and wife should only have sex with each other. And unmarried
people should not have sex. This is God’s command (Deuteronomy
5:18). Jesus also taught this (Matthew 5:27-28). Jude also warned...
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כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד ־אֲבַדֹּ֣ון
תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּ
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XXIV.
AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING
Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1
Job SPEAKS
FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a
pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
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THE CLEAN LIFE
Job 31:1
Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of
calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God
Himself there would be no iniquity...
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This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It
is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three
friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
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For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth (h) to destruction, and would root
out all mine increase.
(h) He shows that although man neglects the punishment of adultery,
yet the wrath of God will never cease...
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_Spring; the children, Ecclesiasticus xxiii. 35., and Wisdom iv. 3.
(Calmet) --- Protestants, "all mine increase." (Haydock) ---
Adulteresses were formerly consigned to the flames. The injured
husband...
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(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have
laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto
another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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FOR IT [IS] A FIRE [THAT] CONSUMETH TO DESTRUCTION,.... Referring
either to the nature of the sin of uncleanness; it is inflammatory, a
burning lust, a fire burning in the breast; see 1 Corinthians 7:...
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For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out
all mine increase.
Ver. 12. _For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction_] _Ad
Gehennam usque,_ to the place of destruction....
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_For this is a heinous crime_ Namely, adultery, whether committed by
choice and design, or by the solicitation of a woman; _yea, it is an
iniquity to be punished_, &c. Hebrew, _an iniquity of the judg...
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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, such an adulterous
passion on Job's part would merit for him the devouring punishment of
the abyss of hell, AND WOULD ROOT OUT ALL MINE INCREASE, destro...
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JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
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Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the
defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than
that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
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9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust
is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It
consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste...
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For this sin would be as a secret but consuming fire, wasting my
estate and reputation, and body and soul too, provoking God and
enraging the husband, and bringing down some extraordinary vengeance
up...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is
willing to know the worst of himse...
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Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin;
but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and
spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
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_I made a covenant with mine eyes._
GUARD THE SENSES
Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s
landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._)
METHODS OF MORAL...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:9 ENTICED TOWARD A WOMAN. Job had avoided
adultery, knowing that it can have far-reaching destructive effects
like FIRE (see also...
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_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_
Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended
declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial
reference to his _private...
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EXPOSITION
The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He
winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of
wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31.
Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his
last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding,
actua...
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Hebrews 13:4; Jeremiah 5:7; Malachi 3:5; Proverbs 3:33; Proverbs 6:27
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Destruction — Lust is a fire in the soul; it consumes all that is
good there, the convictions, the comforts; and lays the conscience
waste. It consumes the body, consumes the substance, roots out all...