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Job 31:24 Strong Concordance If I have made [07760] gold [02091] my hope [03689], or have said [0559] to the fine gold [03800], Thou art my confidence [04009];
  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 [07200] the sun [0216] when it shined [01984], or the moon [03394] walking [01980] in brightness [03368];
27 And my heart [03820] hath been secretly [05643] enticed [06601], or my mouth [06310] hath kissed [05401] my hand [03027]:
5 Mortify [3499] therefore [3767] your [5216] members [3196] which [3588] are upon [1909] the earth [1093]; fornication [4202], uncleanness [167], inordinate affection [3806], evil [2556] concupiscence [1939], and [2532] covetousness [4124], which [3748] is [2076] idolatry [1495]:
17 Charge [3853] them that are rich [4145] in [1722] this [3568] world [165], that they be [5309] not [3361] highminded [5309], nor [3366] trust [1679] in [1909] uncertain [83] riches [4149], but [235] in [1722] the living [2198] God [2316], who [3588] giveth [3930] us [2254] richly [4146] all things [3956] to [1519] enjoy [619];
16 It cannot be valued [05541] with the gold [03800] of Ophir [0211], with the precious [03368] onyx [07718], or the sapphire [05601].
40 Let thistles [02336] grow [03318] instead of wheat [02406], and cockle [0890] instead of barley [08184]. The words [01697] of Job [0347] are ended [08552].
22 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], That [3754] whosoever [3956] is angry [3710] with his [846] brother [80] without a cause [1500] shall be [2071] in danger [1777] of the judgment [2920]: and [1161] whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036] to his [846] brother [80], Raca [4469], shall be [2071] in danger [1777] of the council [4892]: but [1161] whosoever [3739] [302] shall say [2036], Thou fool [3474], shall be [2071] in danger [1777] of [1519] hell [1067] fire [4442].
23 For destruction [0343] from God [0410] was a terror [06343] to me, and by reason of his highness [07613] I could [03201] not endure.
11 For this is an heinous crime [02154]; yea, it is an iniquity [05771] to be punished by the judges [06414].
28 This also were an iniquity [05771] to be punished by the judge [06416]: for I should have denied [03584] the God [0410] that is above [04605].
19 And lest thou lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] unto heaven [08064], and when thou seest [07200] the sun [08121], and the moon [03394], and the stars [03556], even all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], shouldest be driven [05080] to worship [07812] them, and serve [05647] them, which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath divided [02505] unto all nations [05971] under the whole heaven [08064].
2 And now they sin [02398] more and more [03254], and have made [06213] them molten images [04541] of their silver [03701], and idols [06091] according to their own understanding [08394], all of it the work [04639] of the craftsmen [02796]: they say [0559] of them, Let the men [0120] that sacrifice [02076] kiss [05401] the calves [05695].
18 Yet I have left [07604] me seven [07651] thousand [0505] in Israel [03478], all the knees [01290] which have not bowed [03766] unto Baal [01168], and every mouth [06310] which hath not kissed [05401] him.
16 Take heed [08104] to yourselves, that your heart [03824] be not deceived [06601], and ye turn aside [05493], and serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], and worship [07812] them;
27 And my heart [03820] hath been secretly [05643] enticed [06601], or my mouth [06310] hath kissed [05401] my hand [03027]:
17 And when Joseph [03130] saw [07200] that his father [01] laid [07896] his right [03225] hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of Ephraim [0669], it displeased [03415] [05869] him: and he held up [08551] his father's [01] hand [03027], to remove [05493] it from Ephraim's [0669] head [07218] unto Manasseh's [04519] head [07218].
20 It shall never [05331] be inhabited [03427], neither shall it be dwelt [07931] in from generation [01755] to generation [01755]: neither shall the Arabian [06163] pitch tent [0167] there; neither shall the shepherds [07462] make their fold [07257] there.
2 He that walketh [01980] uprightly [08549], and worketh [06466] righteousness [06664], and speaketh [01696] the truth [0571] in his heart [03824].
21 And now men see [07200] not the bright [0925] light [0216] which is in the clouds [07834]: but the wind [07307] passeth [05674], and cleanseth [02891] them.
5 Mortify [3499] therefore [3767] your [5216] members [3196] which [3588] are upon [1909] the earth [1093]; fornication [4202], uncleanness [167], inordinate affection [3806], evil [2556] concupiscence [1939], and [2532] covetousness [4124], which [3748] is [2076] idolatry [1495]:
14 His confidence [04009] shall be rooted out [05423] of his tabernacle [0168], and it shall bring [06805] him to the king [04428] of terrors [01091].
14 Whose hope [03689] shall be cut off [06990], and whose trust [04009] shall be a spider's [05908] web [01004].
16 It cannot be valued [05541] with the gold [03800] of Ophir [0211], with the precious [03368] onyx [07718], or the sapphire [05601].
19 The topaz [06357] of Ethiopia [03568] shall not equal [06186] it, neither shall it be valued [05541] with pure [02889] gold [03800].
6 Is not this thy fear [03374], thy confidence [03690], thy hope [08615], and the uprightness [08537] of thy ways [01870]?
15 It cannot be gotten [05414] for gold [05458], neither shall silver [03701] be weighed [08254] for the price [04242] thereof.
16 It cannot be valued [05541] with the gold [03800] of Ophir [0211], with the precious [03368] onyx [07718], or the sapphire [05601].
17 The gold [02091] and the crystal [02137] cannot equal [06186] it: and the exchange [08545] of it shall not be for jewels [03627] of fine gold [06337].