Proverbs 20:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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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