Job 17:9

New International Reader's Version

But godly people will keep doing what is right. Those who have clean hands will grow stronger.

Cross References

Genesis 20:5

Didn’t Abraham say to me, ‘She’s my sister’? And didn’t she also say, ‘He’s my brother’? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong.”

2 Samuel 3:1

The war between Saul’s royal house and David’s royal house lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger. But the royal house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

Job 22:30

He’ll even save those who are guilty. He’ll save them because your hands are clean.”

Job 27:5

I’ll never admit you people are right. Until I die, I’ll say I’m telling the truth.

Job 27:6

I’ll continue to say I’m right. I’ll never let go of that. I won’t blame myself as long as I live.

Job 31:7

Suppose my steps have turned away from the right path. Suppose my heart has wanted what my eyes have seen. Or suppose my hands have become ‘unclean.’

Job 33:9

You said, ‘I’m pure. I have done no wrong. I’m clean. I’m free from sin.

Psalm 11:3

When law and order are being destroyed, what can godly people do?”

Psalm 24:4

Anyone who has clean hands and a pure heart. Anyone who does not trust in the statue of a god. Anyone who doesn’t use the name of that god when he makes a promise.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show that I’m not guilty. Lord, I come near your altar.

Psalm 73:13

It seems as if I have kept my heart pure for no reason. It didn’t do me any good to wash my hands to show that I wasn’t guilty of doing anything wrong.

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is like the sun that gives us light. He is like a shield that keeps us safe. The Lord blesses us with favor and honor. He doesn’t hold back anything good from those whose lives are without blame.

Psalm 84:7

Those people get stronger as they go along, until each of them appears in Zion, where God lives.

Psalm 84:8

Lord God who rules over all, hear my prayer. God of the people of Jacob, listen to me.

Proverbs 10:25

When the storm is over, sinners are gone. But those who do right stand firm forever.

Proverbs 10:30

Those who do right will never be removed from the land. But those who do wrong will not remain in it.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise person has respect for the Lord and avoids evil. But a foolish person has a bad temper and yet feels secure.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of those who do right is like the sun in the morning. It shines brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

Mark 7:2

They saw some of his disciples eating food with “unclean” hands. That means they were not washed.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Make your hearts pure, you who can’t make up your minds.

1 Peter 1:5

Through faith you are kept safe by God’s power. Your salvation is going to be completed. It is ready to be shown to you in the last days.

1 John 2:19

These enemies left our community of believers. They didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by leaving they showed that none of them belonged to us.