Proverbs 20:9 “Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?”

Proverbs 20:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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”?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

Ecclesiastes 7:20 1 John 1:8–10 1 Kings 8:46 Job 14:4 Job 15:14 Job 25:4

Ecclesiastes 7:20 · BSB

Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

1 John 1:8–10 · BSB

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 Kings 8:46 · BSB

When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

Job 14:4 · BSB

Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

Job 15:14 · BSB

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4 · BSB

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.

Read Proverbs 20