Job 31:12 - Exposition

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction ; i.e. it is a thing which brings down the wrath of God upon a man, so that "a fire is kindled in his anger, which shall burn unto the lowest hell" ( Deuteronomy 32:22 ). Compare the sentence on David for his great transgression ( 2 Samuel 12:9-12 ). And would root out all mine increase ; i.e. "would destroy all my estate;" either by leading me to waste my substance upon my companion in sin, or by bringing down God's judgments upon me to my temporal ruin.