Job 11:14
If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
In Context
13But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;
Cross References
2 Kings 17:13And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.
Job 8:6If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.
Job 22:23If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;
Psalms 101:2I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.
Ezekiel 18:30For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.
James 4:8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
Matthew Henry on Job 11:14-20
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea,… Read the whole commentary →