Psalms 73:13

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, 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 mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
  • 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 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
  • Job 9:31 : 31 Yet shalt 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 ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies 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 double minded.

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

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