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Job 31:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Job 31:12

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

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

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

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

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

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Job 31:1

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

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

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"Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?"

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"Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?"

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