Proverbs 30:12

American Standard Version (1901)

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
  • Jer 2:35 : 35 Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
  • Jer 2:22-24 : 22 For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah. 23 How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 24 a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Judg 17:5 : 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
  • Judg 17:13 : 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
  • Ps 51:2 : 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof: from these also turn away.
  • Titus 1:15-16 : 15 To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. 16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 John 1:7-9 : 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth 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 confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

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    13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

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  • Prov 30:11
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    11There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

  • Job 11:4
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    4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

  • Job 14:4
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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  • Prov 20:9
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    9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

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    5They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

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    14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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  • Prov 16:2
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah]. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

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    11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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    16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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  • Jer 2:22-23
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    22For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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    21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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    2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

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    9I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

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    17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

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    26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

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