24 "If I have put my confidence in gold , And called fine gold my trust , 25 If I have gloated because my wealth was great , And because my hand had secured so much ; 26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor , 27 And my heart became secretly enticed , And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth , 28 That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment , For I would have denied God above e . 29 "Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy , Or exulted when evil befell him? 30 "No , I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse . 31 "Have the men of my tent not said , 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat '? 32 "The alien has not lodged outside , For I have opened my doors to the traveler .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 31:24-32
Commentary on Job 31:24-32
(Read Job 31:24-32)
Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He neither desired nor delighted in the hurt of the worst enemy he had. If others bear malice to us, that will not justify us in bearing malice to them. 4. He had never been unkind to strangers. Hospitality is a Christian duty, 1 Peter 4:9.