Holy Scripture

Job 31:4

A church father on this verse
“Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps? What does he tell of by the title of 'ways' but ways of acting? Thus it is hence said by Jeremiah; Make your ways and your doings good. But what do we understand by the name of 'steps,' but either the motions of men's minds or the advancements of merits? By which 'steps…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXI

Source: Septuagint

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4Will he not see my way, And number all my steps?

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2Now what portion has God given from above? And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

3Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, And rejection to them that do iniquity.

— Job 31:4 —

5But if I had gone with scorners, And if too my foot has hastened to deceit

6(For I am weighed in a just balance, And the Lord knows my innocence):

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