Job 17:9

New English Translation

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Cross References

Genesis 20:5

Did Abraham not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”

2 Samuel 3:1

However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.

Job 22:30

he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”

Job 27:5

I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

Job 27:6

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

Job 31:7

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

Job 33:9

‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

Psalm 11:3

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

Psalm 24:4

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

Psalm 26:6

I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 73:13

I concluded, “Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Psalm 84:7

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

Psalm 84:8

O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)

Proverbs 10:25

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

Proverbs 10:30

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Mark 7:2

And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

1 Peter 1:5

who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.