Holy Scripture
Job 31:29
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“If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found me. That we are disciples of Almighty God, the keeping of charity is the only proof. For it is hence that Truth saith by Itself, By this shall all men know that ye are My Disciples, if ye have love one toward another. Which same…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
29And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, And my heart said, Aha!
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27And if my heart was secretly deceived, And if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
28Let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: For I should have lied against the Lord Most High.
— Job 31:29 —
30Let then mine ear hear my curse, And let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.
31And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh (Whereas I was very kind: