Bible verse
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Job 17:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 17.
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
10 But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
11 My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.
12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
KJV
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
ASV
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
ERV
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
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