Matthew 5:8

The pure in heart are blessed, for they will see God. It promises the vision of God to those whose hearts are cleansed and undivided.

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• Ps 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Heb 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• Ezek 36:25–27I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
• Prov 22:11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
• Jas 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• 1 Pet 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
• Ps 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
• Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
• Ps 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
• 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
• Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
• Matt 23:25–28Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
• 2 Cor 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
• Ps 18:26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• 1 Chr 29:17–19I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
• Job 19:26–27Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
• Rev 22:4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
• 1 Cor 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
• Gen 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
• Ps 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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