KJV King James Version
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
WEB World English Bible
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
ASV American Standard Version
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And—dumb are they all.
Surrounding context — Job 17
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
8 Upright [men] shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
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Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.Isaiah 1:15-16And 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.Job 22:30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.2 Corinthians 12:9-10And 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.Psalm 84:7They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.Proverbs 14:16A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.Genesis 20:5Said 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.Isaiah 40:29-31He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.Psalm 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.Psalm 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:Isaiah 35:8-10And 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].1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Psalm 84:11For 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.Psalm 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.Mark 7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.1 John 2:19They 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.
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