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Job 31

Job 31:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ife I have made
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
my hope
kecel (Hebrew #3689)
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust
KJV usage: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
Pronounce: keh'-sel
Origin: from 3688
, or have said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to the fine gold
kethem (Hebrew #3800)
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
KJV usage: ((most) fine, pure) gold(-en wedge).
Pronounce: keh'-them
Origin: from 3799
, Thou art my confidence
mibtach (Hebrew #4009)
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
KJV usage: confidence, hope, sure, trust.
Pronounce: mib-tawkh'
Origin: from 982
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1 Tim. 6:17• 17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 31:1• 1And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of what was our father's he has acquired all this glory. (Gen. 31:1)
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Deut. 8:12‑14• 12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
 13and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,
 14then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; (Deut. 8:12‑14)
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Psa. 49:6‑7,17• 6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. …
 7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
 17For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him. (Psa. 49:6‑7,17)
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Psa. 52:7• 7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. (Psa. 62:10)
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Prov. 10:15• 15The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty. (Prov. 10:15)
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Prov. 11:28• 28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf. (Prov. 11:28)
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Prov. 30:9• 9lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God. (Prov. 30:9)
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Mark 10:24• 24And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God! (Mark 10:24)
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Luke 12:15• 15And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)
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1 Tim. 6:10,17• 10For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
 17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:10,17)
• Refusal of all forms of idolatry (vers. 24-28). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• When his riches had increased, he had not set his heart upon them; gold had not allured him. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!