8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Forgiveness
• Holiness
• Truth

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing 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:
• 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
• 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• Acts 10:35 — But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
• Acts 15:9 — And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Deut 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
• Eph 5:21 — Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
• Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
• Exod 9:30 — But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
• Exod 20:20 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
• Gen 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
• Gen 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
• Isa 56:2 — Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
• Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
• Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• John 15:2 — Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
• Luke 11:41 — But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
• Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
• Mic 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
• Neh 5:9 — Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
• Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
• Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
• Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
• Prov 3:7 — Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
• Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Prov 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Prov 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Prov 14:27 — The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
• Prov 20:28 — Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
• Prov 20:28 — Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
• Ps 4:4 — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
• Ps 25:12 — What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
• Ps 36:1 — The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
• Ps 37:27 — Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.