Job 31:1–12

1  I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid? 2  For what would have been my portion of †God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high? 3  Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity? 4  Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps? 5  If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit, 6  (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and †God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;) 7  If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; 8  Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

9  If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour’s door, 10  Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. 11  For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges: 12  For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.