Job 31
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Job 31:5-17

5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?

6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.

7If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,

8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

9“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,

10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.

11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

12It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.

13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,

14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?

15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.

16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

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