Job 17:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Job 22:30 : 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Isa 35:8-9 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for [the redeemed] : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein] . 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there] : 10 and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

  • 6 Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Ps 24:4-5
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    4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

    5 He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

    21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

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    29 The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

  • 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

  • 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Eccl 7:18-19
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    18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

    19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

  • 8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

  • 30 He will deliver [even] him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

  • 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

  • 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  • 15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

  • 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

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    9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

  • 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

  • 16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: The right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

  • 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

  • 3 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

  • 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

  • Prov 2:8-9
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    8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

    9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

  • 21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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    6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.

  • 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

  • 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

  • 16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

  • 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

  • 7 A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

  • 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

  • 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

  • 30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

  • 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying] ,

  • 9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

  • 22 Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

  • 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

  • 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

  • 42 The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.