Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

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In The King James Version

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

In Context

13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

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Cross References

Job 27:6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.

Psalms 132:9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

Isaiah 62:3You will also be a crown of beauty in the LORD’s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.

2 Corinthians 6:7in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →

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