Job 31
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Job 31:19-34

19if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,

20if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

21if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

22then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket.

23For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.

24If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,

25if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,

26if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,

27so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,

28this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.

29Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?

30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

31Haven’t the members of my household said, “Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”

32No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler.

33Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart

34because I greatly feared the crowds and because the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?

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