What does Job 31:12 mean?

Job 31:12 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 31:12 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

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