Proverbs 20:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?”
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BSBPD
“Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 20:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
- 2 Chronicles 6:36When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
- Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Psalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
- James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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