[DailyReading] Misplaced hope punished

[Daily Bible Readings - English (en)]

Lesson: Hope Shrinks Trials
Reading: Misplaced hope punished  2014-07-01
Reference: Job 31:24-28 
Job 31:24: If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Job 31:25: If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Job 31:26: If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Job 31:27: And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Job 31:28: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
(KJV)