Psalms 73:13

American Standard Version (1901)

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  • Job 35:3 : 3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
  • Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
  • Job 9:31 : 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and [having] a great priest over the house of God; 22 let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

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  • Job 9:28-31
    4 verses
    79%

    28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

    29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

    30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

    31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

  • 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

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

  • 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

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

  • 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

  • 17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

  • 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

  • Ps 7:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

    4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

  • Ps 51:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

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

    3 For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.

    4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

  • 3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

  • Ps 18:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

    24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

  • 21 For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

  • 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • 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.

  • 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

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

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

  • Ps 73:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

    3 For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • 3 Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

  • 13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

  • 12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

  • 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

  • Job 11:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

    14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

  • 24 I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • Job 17:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

    9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

  • 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  • 5 If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

  • 3 Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

  • 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

  • 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

  • 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {{Selah [

  • 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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

  • 21 Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

  • 4 But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

  • 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

  • 17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

  • 20 If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?