Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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Matthew 5:6-10
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5:8 Those whose hearts are pure (see Pss 24:3-5; 51:7; Isa 6:5) are contrasted with those who thought that they had satisfied God’s will through ceremonial conformity to tradition (Matt 23:25-26). Jesus insisted on simple, true heart-righteousness (see 6:1-24; 15:1-20; 23:23-28; Deut 6:5). • They will see God and thereby attain even more than Moses did (see Exod 33:18-23; 34:5-7; see also Ps 73:1).
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He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Then 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. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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