Job 11:13 · KJV
“If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;”
— Job 11:13
For vain man would be wise, though man be born {like} a wild ass's colt. {vain: Heb. empty}
If iniquity {be} in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 11 — Context
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider {it}?
12For vain man would be wise, though man be born {like} a wild ass's colt. {vain: Heb. empty}
13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14If iniquity {be} in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Cross References
Psalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, {then} put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Psalms 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation {that} set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. {that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart}
Job 8:5-6
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Luke 12:47
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not {himself}, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes}.
Job 22:21-22
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. {him: that is, God}
Psalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.