24 "If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security,'
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
24 "If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
24 "Did I set my heart on making big money or worship at the bank?
24 "If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, 'You are my confidence';
24 "Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 31:24
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.