Matthew 5:8

The Beatitudes

⁷ "How blessed are those who are merciful, because it is they who will receive mercy! ⁸ "How blessed are those who are pure in heart, because it is they who will see God! ⁹ "How blessed are those who make peace, because it is they who will be called God's children!

Before God

Blessed are

Pure in Heart

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Psalm 24:4

The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart; the person who does not delight in what is false and does not swear an oath deceitfully.

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between them and us, because of their faith-cleansed hearts.

Revelation 22:4

and see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

1 John 3:2-3

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

Genesis 32:30

Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because "I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."

1 Chronicles 29:17-19

And I know, God, that it is you who searches the heart and you who finds pleasure in righteousness. With a righteous heart I have freely given all these things, and now I have seen all of these people of yours giving freely and joyfully to you!

Job 19:26-27

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

Psalm 15:2

The one who lives with integrity, who does righteous deeds, and who speaks truth to himself.

Psalm 18:26

to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.

Psalm 51:6

Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

Psalm 51:10

God, create a pure heart in me, and renew a right attitude within me.

Psalm 73:1

God is indeed good to Israel, to those pure in heart.

Proverbs 22:11

Whoever loves purity and gracious speech will gain the king as his friend.

Ezekiel 36:25-27

I'll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you'll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols."

Matthew 23:25-28

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but on the inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let's cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit by becoming mature in our holy fear of God.

Titus 1:15

Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead actions so that we may serve the living God!

Hebrews 10:22

let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

James 3:17

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.