1"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

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James 1:14, James 1:15, James 1:14, James 1:15, Matthew 5:28

2For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

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Job 20:29, Job 20:29, Job 27:13, Hebrews 13:4, Job 27:13

3Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

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Job 21:30, Job 21:30, Job 34:22, Job 34:22, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

4Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps?

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2 Chronicles 16:9, Job 34:21, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Job 34:21, Proverbs 5:21

5"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

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Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 12:11, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 7:3, Psalms 7:5

6(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

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Daniel 5:27, Daniel 5:27, Psalms 7:8, Psalms 7:9, Psalms 7:8

7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

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Numbers 15:39, Numbers 15:39, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Matthew 5:29

8then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

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Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:16, Micah 6:15, Micah 6:15, Deuteronomy 28:38

9"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

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Judges 16:5, 1 Kings 11:4, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Judges 16:5, 1 Kings 11:4

10then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

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Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 8:10, Isaiah 47:2, 2 Samuel 12:11, Isaiah 47:2

11For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

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Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 20:10, Job 31:28, Deuteronomy 22:22, Deuteronomy 22:24

12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

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Proverbs 6:27, Proverbs 6:27, Malachi 3:5, Proverbs 3:33, Job 15:30

13"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

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Exodus 21:20, Exodus 21:21, Jeremiah 34:14, Jeremiah 34:17, Deuteronomy 15:12

14What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

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James 2:13, James 2:13, Romans 3:19, Romans 3:19, Psalms 7:6

15Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not the same one fashion us in the womb?

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Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:2, Job 34:19, Proverbs 22:2

16"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

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Isaiah 38:14, Isaiah 38:14, Deuteronomy 28:32, Job 22:7, Job 22:9

17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

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Ezekiel 18:7, 1 John 3:17, John 13:29, Luke 11:41, Romans 12:13

18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);

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19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

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Job 22:6, Job 22:6, Isaiah 58:7, Job 29:13, 2 Chronicles 28:15

20if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

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Deuteronomy 24:13, Deuteronomy 24:13, Job 29:11, Job 29:11

21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

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Job 22:9, Job 22:9, Job 29:12, Job 29:12, Job 24:9

22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

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Job 31:10, Job 38:15, Job 31:40, Joshua 22:22, Joshua 22:23

23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

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Psalms 119:120, Job 13:11, Psalms 119:120, Job 13:11, 2 Corinthians 5:11

24"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

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Psalms 52:7, Psalms 49:6, Psalms 49:7, Proverbs 11:28, Psalms 52:7

25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

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Psalms 62:10, Psalms 62:10, Proverbs 23:5, Daniel 4:30, Isaiah 10:13

26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

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Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 8:16, Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 17:3

27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

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Romans 1:28, Hosea 13:2, Psalms 2:12, Isaiah 44:20, 1 Kings 19:18

28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

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Deuteronomy 17:2, Deuteronomy 17:7, Job 31:11, Deuteronomy 17:2, Deuteronomy 17:7

29"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

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Proverbs 24:17, Proverbs 24:18, Proverbs 24:17, Proverbs 24:18, Proverbs 17:5

30(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

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1 Peter 3:9, Romans 12:14, 1 Peter 3:9, Romans 12:14, 1 Peter 2:22

31if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

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Job 19:22, Jeremiah 40:15, Jeremiah 40:16, 2 Samuel 19:21, 2 Samuel 19:22

32(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

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Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Hebrews 13:2

33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

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Proverbs 28:13, Proverbs 28:13, Hosea 6:7, Hosea 6:7, Genesis 3:12

34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door-

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Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:2, Job 34:19, Exodus 32:27, Nehemiah 13:4

35oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!

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Job 13:21, Job 13:22, Job 40:4, Job 40:5, Job 13:21

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

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Isaiah 22:22, Isaiah 22:22, Philippians 4:1, Job 29:14, Exodus 28:12

37I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.

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Job 13:15, Job 13:15, Job 29:25, Job 9:3, Psalms 19:12

38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

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James 5:4, Psalms 65:13, Job 20:27, Habakkuk 2:11, James 5:4

39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

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1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:19, James 5:4, James 5:4, Isaiah 26:21

40let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

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Psalms 72:20, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:18, Malachi 1:3, Zephaniah 2:9