Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
KJV
Quis potest dicere : Mundum est cor meum ; purus sum a peccato ?
Vulgate
τίς καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν; ἢ τίς παρρησιάσεται καθαρὸς εἶναι ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν;
LXX
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
ASV
מִֽי יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑/י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵ/חַטָּאתִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
זִכִּ֣יתִי
zkyty
verb · 8×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
טָהֵֽר
thr
verb · 95×
י
y
noun · 591×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And how calls he those carnal, who had attained so large a measure of the Spirit; and into whose praises, at the beginning he had entered so much at large? Because they also were carnal, unto whom the Lord says, Matthew 7:22-23 Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity, I know you not; and yet they both cast out devils, and raised the dead, and uttered prophecies. So that it i…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
- 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1Kgs 8:46 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or n
- 1Kgs 8:46 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or n
- 2Chr 6:36 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or nea
- 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.
- Eccl 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- Eccl 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
- Jas 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
- Jas 3:2 — For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
- Job 14:4 — Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4 — How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
- Ps 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
- Ps 51:5 — Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Ps 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.