KJV King James Version
Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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Psalm 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
WEB World English Bible
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
ASV American Standard Version
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
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Psalm 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:Job 21:15What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?Job 34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.Job 35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?Psalm 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.Malachi 3:14Ye 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?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.Hebrews 10:19-22Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,Job 9:31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:Psalm 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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