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 that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn 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 true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Heb 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• Ezek 36:25–27Then 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.
• Prov 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
• Jas 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• 1 Pet 1:22Seeing 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:
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Ps 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
• Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
• Ps 73:1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
• 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
• Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Matt 23:25–28Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Heb 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Ps 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
• 1 Chr 29:17–19I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
• Job 19:26–27And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
• Rev 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
• 1 Cor 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• Gen 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
• Ps 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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