KJV King James Version
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
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Psalm 73:1
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
WEB World English Bible
A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
ASV American Standard Version
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A Psalm of Asaph. Only—good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I—as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
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Matthew 5:8Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Psalm 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.Psalm 84:11For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.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.John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!Romans 2:28-29For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:2 Chronicles 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.1 Chronicles 25:1-6Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?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;Romans 4:16Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,Psalm 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.Psalm 83:1A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.Psalm 50:1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.1 Chronicles 6:39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,Psalm 73:18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.1 Chronicles 16:37So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:
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