Job 17:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Job 22:30 : 30 He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
  • Gen 20:5 : 5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, So I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence,
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil.
  • Isa 35:8-9 : 8 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 for him who walks in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there. 9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous animal go up thereon; they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: 10 and the ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He gives power to the faint; and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 but those who wait for Yahweh 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 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. 10 Therefore 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 for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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

    5He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

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

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But Yahweh upholds the righteous.

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

    21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

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

    30The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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

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

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, But the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • 9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Eccl 7:18-19
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    18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.

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

  • 8The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • 30He will even deliver him who is not innocent; Yes, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

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

  • 9He 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.

  • 18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day.

  • 15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • 7The way of the just is uprightness: you that are upright do direct the path of the just.

  • 7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.

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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

  • 15He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:

  • 16The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!"

  • 24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, For Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

  • 3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; So that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.

  • 17Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, On the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.

  • 21Most assuredly, the evil man will not be unpunished, But the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

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    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • 6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

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

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

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

  • 10Even there your hand will lead me, And your right hand will hold me.

  • 7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

  • 29The righteous shall inherit the land, And live in it forever.

  • 19The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,

  • 30If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,

  • 6The righteous also will see it, and fear, And laugh at him, saying,

  • 9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, And the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

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

  • 22Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

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

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

  • 42The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.