Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 15 connects to 10 cross-references. Eliphaz delivers his second speech, accusing Job of undermining piety and hindering prayer with his words. He argues that Job's own mouth condemns him and asks whether Job was the first man born or present at creation. He describes the …
Other Translations
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.
Cross References
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, …
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to …
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is …
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and …
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield …
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.