Job 31:5-23

5“If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—

6let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—

7if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,

8then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.

11For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.

12It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.

13“If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,

14what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

15Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

16“If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

17if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—

18but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow—

19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,

20and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,

21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.

23For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.