2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are the two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard. I. Against the lusts of the flesh. He not only kept himself clear from adultery, from defiling his neighbour’s wives (Job 31:9), but from all lewdness with any women whatsoever. He kept no concubine, no mistress, but was inv…
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