Job 17:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Job 22:30 : 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine 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 [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and 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 vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 ¶ I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD 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 rageth, 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 an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein]. 9 No lion shall be there, nor [any] ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] 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 upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, 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 are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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