KJV King James Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
WEB World English Bible
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
ASV American Standard Version
Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.
Surrounding context — Psalm 51
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
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Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.Ephesians 4:22-24That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;Matthew 5:8Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.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.Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: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:Proverbs 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?Psalm 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.Colossians 3:10And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:Psalm 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.James 1:8A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
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