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Read Full Chapter (Job 31) Job 31:21-23 KJV
"If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure."
Job Chapter 31, Verse 21-23
Job 31:21-23 in Context (Verses 18–26 KJV)
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)*
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.*
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For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
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If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;*
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;**