Job 17:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
  • Job 22:30 : 30 He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
  • Isa 35:8-9 : 8 And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish. 9 No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price, 10 Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
  • Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force. 30 Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength; 31 But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.

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  • Prov 2:20-21
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

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    30 He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

  • Prov 11:3
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    9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

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    18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

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    15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

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    7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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    5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

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