Proverbs 30:12
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12 There is a generation (A)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Luke 18:11
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11 The Pharisee (A)stood and prayed thus with himself, (B)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
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Proverbs 16:2
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2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own (A)eyes,
But the Lord weighs the spirits.
2 Timothy 3:5
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5 (A)having a form of godliness but (B)denying its power. And (C)from such people turn away!
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Jeremiah 2:35
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35 (A)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, (B)I will plead My case against you,
(C)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
1 John 1:7-10
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7 But if we (A)walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and (B)the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we (C)confess our sins, He is (D)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to (E)cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we (F)make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
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Titus 3:5
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5 (A)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (B)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
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Ezekiel 36:25
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25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
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Isaiah 65:5
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5 (A)Who say, ‘Keep to yourself,
Do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These [a]are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:5 Cause My wrath to smoke
Proverbs 21:2
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Titus 1:15-16
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15 (A)To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. 16 They profess to (B)know God, but (C)in works they deny Him, being [a]abominable, disobedient, (D)and disqualified for every good work.
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- Titus 1:16 detestable
1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And such were (A)some of you. (B)But you were washed, but you were [a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
Luke 16:15
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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Luke 11:39-40
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39 (A)Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but (B)your inward part is full of [a]greed and wickedness. 40 Foolish ones! Did not (C)He who made the outside make the inside also?
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- Luke 11:39 Lit. eager grasping or robbery
Zechariah 13:1
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Idolatry Cut Off
13 “In that (A)day (B)a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for (C)uncleanness.
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Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
Isaiah 1:16
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16 “Wash(A) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(B)Cease to do evil,
Psalm 51:7
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Psalm 51:2
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2 (A)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 36:2
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2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, (A)the faithful (B)witness, the (C)firstborn from the dead, and (D)the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him (E)who [a]loved us (F)and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
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- Revelation 1:5 NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed
Jeremiah 2:22-24
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22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is (A)marked[a] before Me,” says the Lord God.
23 “How(B) can you say, ‘I am not [b]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:22 stained
- Jeremiah 2:23 defiled
Job 33:9
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9 ‘I(A) am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
1 Samuel 15:13-14
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13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, (A)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
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Judges 17:13
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13 Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since I have a Levite as (A)priest!”
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