Job 16:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job 16:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Psalms 66:18-19
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: …
Job 8:5-6
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; …
Job 27:6-7
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. …
Job 21:27-28
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. …

Topics

Conscience Conscientiousness Dishonesty Honesty Injustice Integrity Measure Morality

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…