Proverbs 30:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.

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  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
  • Jer 2:35 : 35 Yet thou saiest, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shall turne from mee: beholde, I will enter with thee into iudgement, because thou saiest, I haue not sinned.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.
  • Isa 65:5 : 5 Which say, Stand apart, come not nere to me: for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my wrath & a fire that burneth all the day.
  • Jer 2:22-24 : 22 Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me, sayeth the Lord God. 23 Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the valley, & know, what thou hast done: thou art like a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies. 24 And as a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure: who can turne her backe? all they that seeke her, will not wearie themselues, but wil finde her in her moneth.
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.
  • Judg 17:5 : 5 And this man Michah had an house of gods, & made an Ephod, and Teraphim, & cosecrated one of his sonnes, who was his Priest.
  • Judg 17:13 : 13 Then said Michah, Nowe I know that the Lord will be good vnto me, seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said vnto him. Blessed be thou of the Lord, I haue fulfilled the commaundement of the Lord. 14 But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.
  • Ps 51:2 : 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sinne.
  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Purge me with hyssope, & I shalbe cleane: wash me, and I shalbe whiter then snowe.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Ierusalem, wash thine heart from wickednes, that thou maiest be saued: how long shall thy wicked thoughtes remaine within thee?
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then wil I powre cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea, from all your filthines, and from all your idoles wil I clense you.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne and for vncleannesse.
  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse. 40 Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but yee are washed, but yee are sanctified, but yee are iustified in the Name of the Lorde Iesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Hauing a shewe of godlinesse, but haue denied the power thereof: turne away therefore from such.
  • Titus 1:15-16 : 15 Vnto the pure are all things pure, but vnto them that are defiled, and vnbeleeuing, is nothing pure, but euen their mindes and consciences are defiled. 16 They professe that they know God, but by works they deny him, and are abominable & disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 Not by the woorkes of righteousnesse, which we had done, but according to his mercie he saued vs, by the washing of the newe birth, and the renewing of the holy Ghost,
  • 1 John 1:7-9 : 7 But if we walke in the light as he is in the light, we haue fellowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from all sinne. 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs. 9 If we acknowledge our sinnes, he is faithfull and iust, to forgiue vs our sinnes, & to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes. 10 If we say we haue not sinned, wee make him a liar, and his word is not in vs.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christ, which is that faithful witnes, and that first begotten of the dead, & that Prince of the Kings of the earth, vnto him that loued vs, & washed vs from our sinnes in his blood,

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