Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?"

New American Standard Bible

Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin”?

King James Version

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Holman Bible

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;
I am cleansed from my sin”?

A Conservative Version

Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?

American Standard Version

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Amplified


Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”

Bible in Basic English

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

Darby Translation

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Julia Smith Translation

Who shall say, I cleansed my heart; I was pure from my sin?

King James 2000

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Who will say "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?

Modern King James verseion

Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who can say, "My heart is clean, I am innocent from sin"?

NET Bible

Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?

New Heart English Bible

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"

The Emphasized Bible

Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?

Webster

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

World English Bible

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"

Youngs Literal Translation

Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זכה 
Zakah 
Usage: 8

I am pure
טהר 
Taher 
Usage: 94

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 20:9

References

Images Proverbs 20:9

Prayers for Proverbs 20:9

Context Readings

Foolproof Instructions

8 A king sits on a throne of justice, sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance. 9 Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?" 10 False weights and measures the LORD surely detests both of them.



Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

"When they sin against you because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to the land that belongs to their enemy, whether near or far away,

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not a single righteous man on earth who practices good and does not sin.

2 Chronicles 6:36

"When they sin against you because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to a land that's near or far away,

Job 14:4

Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!

Job 15:14

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

Job 25:4

How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.

1 Corinthians 4:4

For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.

James 3:2

For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.

1 John 1:8-10

If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.

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