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 has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
• Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
• Heb 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
• Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
• Ezek 36:25–27I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Prov 22:11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s 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 1:22Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
• Ps 15:2He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
• Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
• Ps 73:1A Psalm by Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
• 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
• Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
• Matt 23:25–28“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh 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 without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Ps 18:26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
• 1 Chr 29:17–19I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.
• Job 19:26–27After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
• Rev 22:4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
• 1 Cor 13:12For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
• Gen 32:30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
• Ps 51:6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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