If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are the two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard. I. Against the lusts of the flesh. He not only kept himself clear from adultery, from defiling his neighbour's wives (Job 31:9), but from all lewdness with any women whatsoever.
Commenting on Job 31:1-8
Then let me sow, and another eat,.... If what he had before said was not true; but he had turned out of the way of righteousness, and walked after the sight of his eyes, and the mammon of unrighteousness cleaved to his hands; then he wishes might sow his fields, and another enjoy the increase of them, which is one of God's judgments threatened unto...
Connected with Job 31:6. the way--of God (Job 23:11; Jer 5:5). A godly life. heart . . . after . . . eyes--if my heart coveted, what my eyes beheld (Ecc 11:9; Jos 7:21). hands-- (Psa 24:4).