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The All-Consuming Fire of Lust
All commentators agree that Job describes lust as a 'fire' because of its uniquely destructive nature. Albert Barnes emphasizes that it's a vice that 'pours desolation through the soul,' corrupting a person's morals and character from the inside out. It's not a contained sin, but a blaze that consumes all that is good.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 31:12
18th Century
Theologian
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction - This may mean that such an offence would be a crime that would provoke God to send destructi…
John Gill
On Job 31:12
17th Century
Pastor
For it [is] a fire [that] consumes to destruction
Referring either to the nature of the sin of uncleanness; it is in…
Matthew Henry
On Job 31:9–15
17th Century
Minister
All the defilements of life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those who indulge it are said to burn. It consumes all that is …