Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Be stronger and stronger

Bible References

Hold on

Psalm 84:7
They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.
Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,
but a fool is easily angered and is careless.
Isaiah 35:8
A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.
1 Peter 1:5
You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

Clean

Genesis 20:5
Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”
Psalm 24:4
The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who has not set his mind on what is false,
and who has not sworn deceitfully.
Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,
Psalm 73:13
Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?
Isaiah 1:15
When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
Mark 7:2
They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.

Be stronger and stronger

Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to the weary
and strengthens the powerless.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

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