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Job 31:7

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

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ASV

If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

KJV

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִ֥ם'imifH518 →
תִּטֶּ֣הti.Tehit turned asideH5186 →
אַשֻּׁרִי֮'a.shu.Ristep myH838 →
מִנִּ֪יmi.NifromH4480 →
הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְha.Da.rekhthe wayH1870 →
וְאַחַ֣רve.'a.Charand afterH310 →
עֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naieyes myH5869 →
הָלַ֣ךְha.Lakhit has goneH1980 →
לִבִּ֑יli.Biheart myH3820 →
וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗יu.ve.kha.Paiand to hands myH3709 →
דָּ֣בַקDa.vakit has stuckH1692 →
מֻאֽוּם׃ פmu.'Uma blemishH3971 →

The walk

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Numbers 15:39These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.Ezekiel 14:3“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?Ezekiel 14:7For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.Psalms 44:20–21If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”Job 9:30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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