KJV King James Version
Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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Matthew 5:8
Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
WEB World English Bible
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
ASV American Standard Version
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Happy the clean in heart—because they shall see God.
Surrounding context — Matthew 5
5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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Psalm 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.Psalm 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Hebrews 10:22Let 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.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:Ezekiel 36:25-27Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.Proverbs 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.Psalm 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.Psalm 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.1 John 3:2-3Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.Matthew 23:25-28Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.Hebrews 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?Psalm 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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