Job 29:14

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

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In Context

13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

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

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Cross References

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

Psalms 132:9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

Isaiah 59:17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Isaiah 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

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

1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an 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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