Matthew 5:8
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8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.(A)
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Psalm 24:4
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4 Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who do not lift up their souls to what is false
and do not swear deceitfully.(A)
Psalm 51:10
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- 51.10 Or steadfast
Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
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Hebrews 12:14
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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace
14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(A) 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.(B) 27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(C)
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James 4:8
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8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A)
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Proverbs 22:11
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11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.(A)
1 Peter 1:22
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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A)
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James 3:17
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17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(A)
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Psalm 15:2
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2 Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right
and speak the truth from their heart;(A)
Titus 1:15
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15 To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.(A)
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Psalm 73:1
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Book III
(Psalms 73–89)
Psalm 73
Plea for Relief from Oppressors
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.(A)
1 John 3:2-3
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2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he[a] is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.(A) 3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
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- 3.2 Or it
Matthew 23:25-28
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25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate,[a] so that the outside also may become clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of uncleanness. 28 So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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- 23.26 Other ancient authorities lack and of the plate
Acts 15:9
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9 and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us.(A)
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Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)
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1 Chronicles 29:17-19
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17 I know, my God, that you search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people who are present here offering freely and joyously to you.(A) 18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. 19 Grant to my son Solomon that with single mind he may keep your commandments, your decrees, and your statutes, performing all of them, and that he may build the temple[a] for which I have made provision.”(B)
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- 29.19 Heb fortress
Revelation 22:4
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4 they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.(A)
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1 Corinthians 13:12
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12 For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.(A)
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Psalm 18:26
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26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(A)
2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.(A)
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Genesis 32:30
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30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”(A)
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- 32.30 That is, the face of God
Psalm 51:6
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- 51.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 19:26-27
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26 and after my skin has been destroyed,
then in my flesh I shall see God,(A)
27 whom I shall see on my side,
and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
My heart faints within me!(B)
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