Job 31:25 - Exposition

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much . Job feels that it is wrong even to care greatly for wealth. He seems almost to anticipate the saying of St. Paul, that "covetousness is idolatry" ( Colossians 3:5 ); and hence he passes on without pause from this sort of creature-worship to others common in his day (verses 26, 27). which he likewise disclaims.