Didn’t he say to me, ‘She’s my sister’? And she herself even said, ‘He’s my brother.’ I did this with integrity of my heart and guiltlessness of my hands.”
Job 17:9 - Tree of Life Version But the righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The righteous also shall hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet shall the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) hold to their ways, and he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger. [Ps. 24:4.] American Standard Version (1901) Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. Common English Bible The innocent clings to his way; the one whose hands are clean grows stronger. Catholic Public Domain Version And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the just man shall hold on his way: and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. |
Didn’t he say to me, ‘She’s my sister’? And she herself even said, ‘He’s my brother.’ I did this with integrity of my heart and guiltlessness of my hands.”
Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. While David grew steadily stronger, the house of Saul grew steadily weaker.
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered by the cleanness of your hands.”
Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
I will maintain my righteousness, and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for any of my days.
If my step has strayed from the way, if my heart has walked after my eyes, or if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
One with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai,
Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the House of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Passing through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring. The early rain covers it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength— every one of them appears before God in Zion.
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the foundation of the righteous is everlasting.
The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
The wise fears and turns away from evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.
And they saw that some of His disciples were eating bread with unclean hands, that is, not washed.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!
By trusting, you are being protected by God’s power for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.