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Job 31:24 King James If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Job asserts his freedom from trust in money (Ti1 6:17). Here he turns to his duty towards God, as before he had spoken of his duty towards himself and his neighbor. Covetousness is covert idolatry, as it transfers the heart from the Creator to the creature (Col 3:5). In Job 31:26-27 he passes to overt idolatry.
 
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26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.