31Job 31

1I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.Select Job 31:1

2What does Almighty God do to us? How does he repay human deeds?Select Job 31:2

3He sends disaster and ruin to those who do wrong.Select Job 31:3

4God knows everything I do; he sees every step I take.Select Job 31:4

5I swear I have never acted wickedly and never tried to deceive others.Select Job 31:5

6Let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will see how innocent I am.Select Job 31:6

7If I have turned from the right path or let myself be attracted to evil, if my hands are stained with sin,Select Job 31:7

8then let my crops be destroyed, or let others eat the food I grow.Select Job 31:8

9If I have been attracted to my neighbor's wife, and waited, hidden, outside her door,Select Job 31:9

10then let my wife cook another man's food and sleep in another man's bed.Select Job 31:10

11Such wickedness should be punished by death.Select Job 31:11

12It would be like a destructive, hellish fire, consuming everything I have.Select Job 31:12

13When any of my servants complained against me, I would listen and treat them fairly.Select Job 31:13

14If I did not, how could I then face God? What could I say when God came to judge me?Select Job 31:14

15The same God who created me created my servants also.Select Job 31:15

16I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despairSelect Job 31:16

17or let orphans go hungry while I ate.Select Job 31:17

18All my life I have taken care of them.Select Job 31:18

19When I found someone in need, too poor to buy clothes,Select Job 31:19

20I would give him clothing made of wool that had come from my own flock of sheep. Then he would praise me with all his heart.Select Job 31:20

21If I have ever cheated an orphan, knowing I could win in court,Select Job 31:21

22then may my arms be broken; may they be torn from my shoulders.Select Job 31:22

23Because I fear God's punishment, I could never do such a thing.Select Job 31:23

24I have never trusted in richesSelect Job 31:24

25or taken pride in my wealth.Select Job 31:25

26I have never worshiped the sun in its brightness or the moon in all its beauty.Select Job 31:26

27I have not been led astray to honor them by kissing my hand in reverence to them.Select Job 31:27

28Such a sin should be punished by death; it denies Almighty God.Select Job 31:28

29I have never been glad when my enemies suffered, or pleased when they met with disaster;Select Job 31:29

30I never sinned by praying for their death.Select Job 31:30

31All those who work for me know that I have always welcomed strangers.Select Job 31:31

32I invited travelers into my home and never let them sleep in the streets.Select Job 31:32

33Others try to hide their sins, but I have never concealed mine.Select Job 31:33

34I have never feared what people would say; I have never kept quiet or stayed indoors because I feared their scorn.Select Job 31:34

35Will no one listen to what I am saying? I swear that every word is true. Let Almighty God answer me. If the charges my opponent brings against me were written down so that I could see them,Select Job 31:35

36I would wear them proudly on my shoulder and place them on my head like a crown.Select Job 31:36

37I would tell God everything I have done, and hold my head high in his presence.Select Job 31:37

38If I have stolen the land I farm and taken it from its rightful owners—Select Job 31:38

39if I have eaten the food that grew there but let the farmers that grew it starve—Select Job 31:39

40then instead of wheat and barley, may weeds and thistles grow. The words of Job are ended.Select Job 31:40