Job 31:9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 31 connects to 10 cross-references. Job's oath of clearance catalogs the sins he has not committed: lust, falsehood, denial of justice to servants, indifference to the poor, trust in wealth, idolatry, vengeance, and inhospitality. This comprehensive self-examination and solemn oath constitutes his final challenge to …
Other Translations
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;
If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
Cross References
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his …
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and …
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, …
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the …
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.