Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?

Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.

It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can, the exchange thereof, be a vessel of pure gold,

Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

My heart shall order my words aright, and my lips shall talk of pure wisdom.

Pure am I, without transgression, Innocent am I, and I have no iniquity.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

I was also uncorrupt before him, and eschewed my own wickedness. {TYNDALE: But was pure unto him ward, and kept myself from wickedness.}

With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,

The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether,

They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey,
which comes from the honeycomb.

Who can understand his errors? Oh make me pure from secret faults;

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,

Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure;

Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Surely God is good to Israel, to those pure of heart.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.

David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.

Righteousness will be restored with justice, and all the pure of heart will follow it.

ב BetHow can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping Your word.

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.

Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship]
And fresh running water from your own well.

Accept my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.

My fruit is better than solid gold,
and my harvest than pure silver.

The tongue of the righteous is pure silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little value.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters [copious and difficult to fathom];
The fountain of [mature, godly] wisdom is like a bubbling stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].

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

Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

The way of man is perverse and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry.
Her clothing is linen, pure and fine, and purple [wool].

Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice, - as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.

His head is pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

His hands are like gold rings, having enclosed the precious stone of Tarshish; His body is as the pure ivory, decked over with Sapphires.

His legs are alabaster pillars
set on pedestals of pure gold.
His presence is like Lebanon,
as majestic as the cedars.

One alone, is my dove, my perfect one, one alone, was she to her mother, Pure, was she to her that bare her, - The daughters, have seen her, and pronounced her happy, Queens and concubines, and they have praised her.

THEYWho is this, that looketh forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, majestic as bannered hosts?

and thy throat like the best wine. This shall be pure and clear for my love, his lips and teeth shall have their pleasure.

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

Moreover, the LORD of Hosts shall once prepare a feast for all people upon the hill: A plenteous, costly, pleasant feast, of fat and well-fed beasts, of sweet and most pure things.

In that day there shall be a vineyard of pure wine; sing concerning it:

“Rain down, O heavens, from above,
Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];
Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.

Turn aside, turn aside, go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her midst, Be ye pure, who are bearing the weapons of Jehovah.

Then shall they bring in all your brethren out of all the nations, As a present unto Yahweh, Upon horses and in chariots and in palanquins and on mules and on dromedaries Unto my holy mountain - Jerusalem, saith Yahweh, - Just as the sons of Israel, bring in their present in a pure vessel, into the house, of Yahweh.

“Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned against Me
Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?

Thine adulteries and thy neighings, thine unchaste wickedness, Upon the hills in the field, I have seen thine abominations! Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Wilt thou not become pure? After how long yet?

How [the] gold has grown dim, the pure gold has changed. The stones of holiness are scattered at the head of every street.

The precious sons of Zion, they who were weighed against pure gold, How are they accounted as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

Her consecrated ones were pure above snow, they were white above milk, they were red of body above pearls, their figure sapphire:

Above over the heads of the beasts there was a firmament, which was fashioned as it had been of the most pure Crystal, and that was spread out above upon their heads:

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness—
since I tried to purify you,
but you would not be purified from your uncleanness—
you will not be pure again
until I have satisfied My wrath on you.

Is it too small a thing for you that on the good pasture, ye feed, But the remainder of your pastures, ye must also trample down with your feet? Or that of the pure waters, ye drink But the waters left remaining - with your feet, ye must needs foul?

And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be clean from all of your uncleanness, and I will cleanse you from all of your idols.

The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,

I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow is white, and the hair of his head is as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

and I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz;

Some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge and make them pure until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.

Your calf, Samaria, has been thrown away. My anger is burning against them. How long until they become pure again?

And full have been the floors with pure corn, And overflown have the presses with new wine and oil.

Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Thou whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure, - Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?

For then do I turn unto peoples a pure lip, To call all of them by the name of Jehovah, To serve Him with one shoulder.

And I said, Let them set a pure turban upon his head. And they set the pure turban upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the Angel of Jehovah stood by.

He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps.

"Tyre built itself a fortification, hoarding silver like dust and pure gold like mud in a street.

From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name [is] great among the nations, and in every place incense [is] being presented to my name, and a pure offering. For my name [is] great among the nations," says Yahweh of hosts.

For the lips of the priest should guard and preserve knowledge [of My law], and the people should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.