Proverbs 20:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 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 just 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.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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    3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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

  • Ps 19:12-13
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    12Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

    13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

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    13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  • Job 9:28-30
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    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

    29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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    2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

    3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

    4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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    4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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    3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

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    20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

    21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

  • Job 7:20
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    20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

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    3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  • Job 10:6-7
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    6That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

    7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  • Ps 51:9-10
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    9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

    10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Job 16:17
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    17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  • Job 31:7
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    7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

  • Prov 30:12
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    12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

  • Job 25:4
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  • Job 4:17
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    17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

  • Jer 2:35
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    35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

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    8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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

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    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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

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    23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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

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

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    24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

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    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

  • Job 36:23
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    23Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

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    7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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    23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

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    11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

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    2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

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    32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

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    18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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    6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: