17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: …
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; …
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. …
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-22)Job’s condition was very deplorable; but had he nothing to support him, nothing to comfort him? Yes, and he here tells us what it was. I. He had the testimony of his conscience for him that he had walked uprightly, and had never allowed himself in any gross sin. None was ever more ready than he to acknowledge his sins of infirmity; but, upon search, he could not charge himself with any enormous cr…
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