Proverbs 20:9
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Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

1 Kings 8:46 But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36 And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 14:4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 15:14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Job 25:4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?

Psalm 51:5 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not conscious to myself of anything. Yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

James 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.

1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . .

Context
Wine is a Mocker
8The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. 9Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.…
Cross References
Romans 3:9
What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 Kings 8:46
But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36
And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 14:4
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 15:14
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

Lexicon
Who
מִֽי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can say,
יֹ֭אמַר (yō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I have kept my heart
לִבִּ֑י (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

pure;
זִכִּ֣יתִי (zik·kî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2135: To be translucent, to be innocent

I am cleansed
טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי (ṭā·har·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2891: To be clean or pure

from my sin”?
מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃ (mê·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender


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

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

Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?

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

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

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

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

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