Job 31:1 says, I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?  I believe that Job was saying that he had made certain that he would never even look on his maid in an improper way.  We hear so much today about people acting improperly toward others in a sexual manner, but it all begins with looking at that person with an attitude of selfishness.  Job said he would not allow this to happen in his life, and we must also.  Verse two asks, For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?  Job said that he kept himself pure from lust, not just in the eyes of the world, but in the eyes of God as well.  We may fool the world, but we will never fool God.  Verse three asks, Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?  I believe that Job was asking why he was being punished, when that should be the fate of the wicked.  If we truly place our lives in God's hands, then we need never question what happens in life, but simply need to continue to live by our faith in God.  In verse four, Job asks, Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?  Job was once more asking if God did not know that Job was walking in righteousness. We can be certain that God does indeed watch our steps, whether we are walking in the truth of righteousness or the lies of deceit.  We will never fool God.  In verse five Job says, If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;  I believe Job was stating that if he had possibly done these things that he was unaware of it.  It is different to do something wrong without realizing it than to knowingly do something wrong and deny it.  Still in verse six Job says, Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.  Job asked that he be judged fairly by God.  We can be certain that God will always be fair in His judgment of people.  We can also be certain that God knows all our sins and our good deeds, but good deeds can never balance the scale against sin.  Only through faith in Christ can we be judged not as unguilty but as forgiven.  Verse seven says, If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;  Job still did not believe that he was guilty of these things, but knew that this was what his friends were saying that he did.  We need to be willing to take responsibility for our actions, even if we don't believe that we have done anything wrong.  Job was looking to God for a fair judgment and not listening to his friends judgment.  Verse eight says, Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.  Job acknowledged that sin should be punished.  We must first acknowledge that sin does need to be punished, not just in the lives of others, but in our lives as well.  We also need to acknowledge that God is the One to punish that sin.  In the next three verses Job was speaking about adultery in particular.  Verse nine states, If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;  Job was basically declaring his innocence, not only in action but in thought as well.  He had never even been tempted to cheat on his wife.  In  verse ten Job says, Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.  Job said that had he been guilty of adultery, then his wife would be free to leave him for another.  I don't believe that he was saying that she would be free to commit adultery or placed in a position to be used by others.  Verse eleven declares, For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.  Job saw adultery as a very serious crime that should be judged.  Though he was correct in his assessment, he was wrong to say one sin should be judged more harshly than others.  All sins lead to separation from God, and all are forgiven equally by putting our faith in Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse twelve states, For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.  Job was stating the severity of adultery, but we need to apply this to all sins.  In worldly terms, some sins may be more worthy of punishment than others, but to God they are all punishable by death in the final judgment, but are equally all forgiven through Christ.  No matter the severity of the sin, God wants people to repent and be restored to Himself through Christ.