Job 31:30
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For I have not been given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.

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Exodus 23:4,5 If thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him. . . .

Matthew 5:43,44 You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy. . . .

Romans 12:14 Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not.

1 Peter 2:22,23 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. . . .

1 Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

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Ecclesiastes 5:2,6 Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. . . .

Matthew 5:22 But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

James 3:6,9,10 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. . . .

Context
Job's Final Appeal
29If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him. 30For I have not been given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?…
Cross References
Job 5:3
I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.

Psalm 7:4
If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

Lexicon
I have not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

allowed
נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

my mouth
חִכִּ֑י (ḥik·kî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2441: Palate, roof of the mouth, gums

to sin
לַחֲטֹ֣א (la·ḥă·ṭō)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

by asking for
לִשְׁאֹ֖ל (liš·’ōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

his life
נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (nap̄·šōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

with a curse—
בְּאָלָ֣ה (bə·’ā·lāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 423: An imprecation


Additional Translations
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.

(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

(Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
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