Job 27:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.”

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BSBPD

“I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 27:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
  2. Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  3. Job 31:7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
  4. Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
  5. Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
  6. Acts 24:16In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
  7. 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  8. 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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