Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Job Chapter 31
Overview
Job 31:1, Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties.
a covenant: Gen 6:2; Sa2 11:2-4; Psa 119:37; Pro 4:25, Pro 23:31-33; Mat 5:28, Mat 5:29; Jo1 2:16
think: Pro 6:25; Jam 1:14, Jam 1:15
Job 20:29, Job 27:13; Heb 13:4
destruction: Job 21:30; Psa 55:23, Psa 73:18; Pro 1:27, Pro 10:29, Pro 21:15; Mat 7:13; Rom 9:22; Th1 5:3; Th2 1:9; Pe2 2:1
Job 14:16, Job 34:21; Gen 16:13; Ch2 16:9; Psa 44:21, Psa 139:1-3; Pro 5:21, Pro 15:3; Jer 16:17, Jer 32:19; Joh 1:48; Heb 4:13
If: Psa 7:3-5
walked: Psa 4:2, Psa 12:2, Psa 44:20, Psa 44:21; Pro 12:11; Jer 2:5; Eze 13:8
Let me be weighed in an even balance: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice, Sa1 2:3; Psa 7:8, Psa 7:9, Psa 17:2, Psa 17:3, Psa 26:1; Pro 16:11; Isa 26:7; Dan 5:27; Mic 6:11
know: Jos 22:22; Psa 1:6, Psa 139:23; Mat 7:23; Ti2 2:19
mine heart: Num 15:39; Ecc 11:9; Eze 6:9, Eze 14:3, Eze 14:7; Mat 5:29
let me: Job 5:5, Job 24:6; Lev 26:16; Deu 28:30-33, Deu 28:38, Deu 28:51; Jdg 6:3-6; Mic 6:15
let my: Job 5:4, Job 15:30, Job 18:19; Psa 109:13
If mine: Jdg 16:5; Kg1 11:4; Neh 13:26; Pro 2:16-19, 5:3-23, Pro 6:25, Pro 7:21, Pro 22:14; Ecc 7:26
if I: Job 24:15, Job 24:16; Jer 5:8; Hos 7:4
grind: Exo 11:5; Isa 47:2; Mat 24:41
and let: Sa2 12:11; Jer 8:10; Hos 4:13, Hos 4:14
an heinous: Gen 20:9, Gen 26:10, Gen 39:9; Exo 20:14; Pro 6:29-33
an iniquity: Job 31:28; Gen 38:24; Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22-24; Eze 16:38
Pro 3:33, Pro 6:27; Jer 5:7-9; Mal 3:5; Heb 13:4
the cause: Exo 21:20, Exo 21:21, Exo 21:26, Exo 21:27; Lev 25:43, Lev 25:46; Deu 15:12-15; Jer 34:14-17; Eph 6:9; Col 4:1
when: In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights, and permitted them to complain even against himself.
What then: Job 9:32, Job 10:2; Psa 7:6, Psa 9:12, Psa 9:19, Psa 10:12-15, Psa 44:21, Psa 76:9, Psa 143:2; Isa 10:3; Zac 2:13
when he: Hos 9:7; Mic 7:4; Mar 7:2; Jam 2:13
what shall: Rom 3:19
Did not he: Job 34:19; Neh 5:5; Pro 14:31, Pro 22:2; Isa 58:7; Mal 2:10
did not one fashion us in the womb: or, did he not fashion us in one womb, Job 10:8-12; Psa 139:14-16
withheld: Job 22:7-9; Deu 15:7-10; Psa 112:9; Luk 16:21; Act 11:29; Gal 2:10
the eyes: Deu 28:32; Psa 69:3, Psa 119:82, Psa 119:123; Isa 38:14; Lam 4:17
have: Deu 15:11, Deu 15:14; Neh 8:10; Luk 11:41; Joh 13:29; Act 4:32
the fatherless: Job 29:13-16; Eze 18:7, Eze 18:16; Rom 12:13; Jam 1:27; Jo1 3:17
her: that is, the widow
Job 22:6; Ch2 28:15; Isa 58:7; Mat 25:36, Mat 25:43; Luk 3:11; Act 9:39; Jam 2:16; Jo1 3:18
lifted: Job 6:27, Job 22:9, Job 24:9, Job 29:12; Pro 23:10, Pro 23:11; Jer 5:28; Eze 22:7
when: Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2, Mic 7:3
let: Job 31:10, Job 31:40; Jos 22:22, Jos 22:23; Psa 7:4, Psa 7:5, Psa 137:6
bone: or, chanel bone
destruction: Job 20:23, Job 21:20; Gen 39:9; Psa 119:120; Isa 13:6; Joe 1:15; Co2 5:11
by: Job 13:11, Job 40:9, Job 42:5, Job 42:6; Psa 76:7
Gen 31:1; Deu 8:12-14; Psa 49:6, Psa 49:7, Psa 49:17, Psa 52:7, Psa 62:10; Pro 10:15, Pro 11:28; Pro 30:9; Mar 10:24; Luk 12:15; Col 3:5; Ti1 6:10, Ti1 6:17
rejoiced: Est 5:11; Pro 23:5; Jer 9:23; Eze 28:5; Luk 12:19, Luk 16:19, Luk 16:25
because: Deu 8:17, Deu 8:18; Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14; Dan 4:30; Hos 12:8; Hab 1:16
gotten much: Heb. found much.
beheld: Gen 1:16-18; Deu 4:19, Deu 11:16, Deu 17:3; Kg2 23:5, Kg2 23:11; Jer 8:2; Eze 8:16
sun: Heb. light
the moon: Psa 8:3, Psa 8:4; Jer 44:17
in brightness: Heb. bright
my heart: Deu 11:16, Deu 13:6; Isa 44:20; Rom 1:21, Rom 1:28
my mouth hath kissed my hand: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth, Kg1 19:18; Psa 2:12; Hos 13:2
an: Job 31:11, Job 9:15, Job 23:7; Gen 18:25; Deu 17:2-7, Deu 17:9; Jdg 11:27; Psa 50:6; Heb 12:23
for: Jos 24:23, Jos 24:27; Pro 30:9; Tit 1:16; Pe2 2:1; Jo1 2:23; Jde 1:4
Sa2 1:12, Sa2 4:10, Sa2 4:11, Sa2 16:5-8; Psa 35:13, Psa 35:14, Psa 35:25, Psa 35:26; Pro 17:5, Pro 24:17, Pro 24:18
have: Exo 23:4, Exo 23:5; Mat 5:43, Mat 5:44; Rom 12:14; Pe1 2:22, Pe1 2:23, Pe1 3:9
mouth: Heb. palate, Ecc 5:2, Ecc 5:6; Mat 5:22, Mat 12:36; Jam 3:6, Jam 3:9, Jam 3:10
the men: Sa1 24:4, Sa1 24:10, Sa1 26:8; Sa2 16:9, Sa2 16:10, Sa2 19:21, Sa2 19:22; Jer 40:15, Jer 40:16; Luk 9:54, Luk 9:55; Luk 22:50, Luk 22:51
Oh: Job 19:22; Psa 27:2, Psa 35:25; Pro 1:11, Pro 1:12, Pro 1:18; Mic 3:2, Mic 3:3
The stranger: Job 31:17, Job 31:18; Gen 19:2, Gen 19:3; Jdg 19:15, Jdg 19:20, Jdg 19:21; Isa 58:7; Mat 25:35, Mat 25:40, Mat 25:44, Mat 25:45; Rom 12:13; Ti1 5:10; Heb 13:2; Pe1 4:9
traveller: or, way
covered: Gen 3:7, Gen 3:8, Gen 3:12; Jos 7:11; Pro 28:13; Hos 6:7; Act 5:8; Jo1 1:8-10
as Adam: or, after the manner of men, Hos 6:7
Did I: Exo 23:2; Pro 29:25; Jer 38:4, Jer 38:5, Jer 38:16, Jer 38:19; Mat 27:20-26
the contempt: Job 22:8, Job 34:19; Exo 32:27; Num 25:14, Num 25:15; Neh 5:7, Neh 13:4-8, Neh 13:28; Co2 5:16
that I: Est 4:11, Est 4:14; Pro 24:11, Pro 24:12; Amo 5:11-13; Mic 7:3
Oh: Job 13:3, Job 17:3, Job 23:3-7, Job 33:6, Job 38:1-3, Job 40:4, Job 40:5
my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me: or, my sign is that the Almighty will answer me, Job 13:21, Job 13:22; Psa 26:1
mine: Job 13:24, Job 19:11, Job 19:23, Job 19:24, Job 33:10, Job 33:11; Mat 5:25
a crown: Job 29:14; Isa 62:3; Phi 4:1
declare: Job 9:3, Job 13:15, Job 14:16, Job 42:3-6; Psa 19:12
as a: Gen 32:28; Eph 3:12; Heb 4:15, Heb 4:16; Jo1 3:19-21
cry: Job 20:27; Hab 2:11; Jam 5:4
complain: Heb. weep, Psa 65:13
fruits: Heb. strength, Gen 4:12
caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or breathe out, Kg1 21:13-16, Kg1 21:19; Pro 1:19; Isa 26:21; Eze 22:6, Eze 22:12, Eze 22:13
thistles: Choach, probably the black thorn. (See note on Kg2 14:9.) Gen 3:17, Gen 3:18; Isa 7:23; Zep 2:9; Mal 1:3
cockle: or, noisome weeds
The: Psa 72:20