Job 31
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Job 31:5-17

5If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

6let God weigh me on accurate scales, and he will recognize my integrity.

7If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,

8let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.

9If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.

11For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.

12For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest.

13If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me,

14what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer him when he calls me to account?

15Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

16If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

17if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it —

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