1I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.stylusProverbs 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:5, Proverbs 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:5, Proverbs 1:82For what portion should God from above hold for me, and what inheritance should the Almighty from on high keep?stylusIsaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:15, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:283Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice?stylusNehemiah 13:26, Deuteronomy 17:17, Nehemiah 13:26, Deuteronomy 17:17, Proverbs 7:264Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps?stylusProverbs 20:1, Proverbs 20:1, Ecclesiastes 10:17, Isaiah 5:22, Ecclesiastes 10:175If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried towards deceitfulness,stylusHabakkuk 2:5, Habakkuk 2:56let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.stylus1 Timothy 5:23, 1 Timothy 5:23, Psalms 104:15, Psalms 104:15, 1 Samuel 1:107If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands,stylusEphesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:188then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated.stylusPsalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Proverbs 24:119If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,stylusIsaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:17, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Leviticus 19:1510then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.stylusProverbs 19:14, Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 18:2211For this is a crime and a very great injustice.stylus1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:7, 2 Kings 4:2212It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.stylus1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:2613If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,stylusTitus 2:5, Titus 2:5, 1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:1014then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?stylusProverbs 31:24, 1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 9:28, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:3615Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?stylusRomans 12:11, Romans 12:11, Proverbs 20:13, Mark 1:35, Luke 12:4216If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;stylusMatthew 13:44, Matthew 13:44, Song of Solomon 8:12, Song of Solomon 8:12, Joshua 15:1817if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;stylusJob 38:3, Job 38:3, Ephesians 6:10, 1 Peter 1:13, Ephesians 6:1018(for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb;)stylus1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, Matthew 25:3, Matthew 25:10, Matthew 25:319if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,stylusExodus 35:25, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:25, Exodus 35:2620if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;stylusEphesians 4:28, Ephesians 4:28, Hebrews 13:16, Hebrews 13:16, Proverbs 19:1721if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;stylusGenesis 45:22, Genesis 45:22, 2 Samuel 1:24, Proverbs 25:20, 2 Samuel 1:2422then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.stylusRevelation 19:8, Revelation 19:8, Genesis 41:42, Proverbs 7:16, Genesis 41:4223For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.stylusProverbs 12:4, Proverbs 12:4, Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:1, Deuteronomy 16:1824If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’stylusEzekiel 27:16, Ezekiel 27:16, Judges 14:12, Luke 16:19, Proverbs 31:1925if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;stylusJob 40:10, Romans 13:14, Job 40:10, Romans 13:14, Ephesians 4:2426if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,stylusProverbs 16:24, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 16:24, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 10:3127so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,stylus1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:10, Titus 2:4, Titus 2:4, Proverbs 14:128which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;stylus2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:17, 2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:17, 2 Timothy 1:529if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,stylusSong of Solomon 6:8, Song of Solomon 6:9, Song of Solomon 6:8, Song of Solomon 6:9, Ephesians 5:2730for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;stylus1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 3:5, 1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 3:5, Proverbs 1:731if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”stylusPsalms 128:2, Psalms 128:2, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:10, Revelation 14:1332for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;stylus33if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;stylus34if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;stylus35then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,stylus36which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?stylus37With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.stylus38So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,stylus39if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,stylus40then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)stylus