Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"? New Living Translation Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin”? English Standard Version Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? Berean Standard Bible Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? King James Bible Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? New King James Version Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”? New American Standard Bible Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin”? NASB 1995 Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin “? NASB 1977 Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin”? Legacy Standard Bible Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure, I am clean from my sin”? Amplified Bible Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?” Christian Standard Bible Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? Holman Christian Standard Bible Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin"? American Standard Version Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Contemporary English Version Can any of us really say, "My thoughts are pure, and my sins are gone"? English Revised Version Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? GOD'S WORD® Translation Who can say, "I've made my heart pure. I'm cleansed from my sin"? Good News Translation Can anyone really say that his conscience is clear, that he has gotten rid of his sin? International Standard Version Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?" Majority Standard Bible Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my 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?" Webster's Bible Translation 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?” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWho says, “I have purified my heart, "" I have been cleansed from my sin?” Young's Literal Translation Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?' Smith's Literal Translation Who shall say, I cleansed my heart; I was pure from my sin? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? Catholic Public Domain Version Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?” New American Bible Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am cleansed of my sin”? New Revised Standard Version Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sins? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Who will say, "You are innocent, my heart, and I am purified from sin"? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Who can say: 'I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin'? Brenton Septuagint Translation Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wine is a Mocker…8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? 10Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.… Cross References Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 1 John 1:8-10 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us. Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Psalm 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me. Isaiah 64:6 Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. Romans 3:10-12 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. / There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. / All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! Psalm 143:2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. 1 Kings 8:46 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, James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body. Romans 7:18-19 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. / For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do. Galatians 5:17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. Mark 7:21-23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” Treasury of Scripture Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? 1 Kings 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; 2 Chronicles 6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Jump to Previous Able Clean Cleansed Free Heart Kept Pure Purified SinJump to Next Able Clean Cleansed Free Heart Kept Pure Purified SinProverbs 20 1. Proper LivingWho can say This phrase challenges the reader to consider the universality of human imperfection. In the Hebrew text, the word "who" (מִי, mi) is a rhetorical device that implies the rarity or impossibility of the claim that follows. It invites introspection and humility, reminding us that self-righteousness is often unfounded. Historically, this question echoes the wisdom literature's emphasis on the limitations of human nature and the need for divine grace. I have kept my heart pure I am cleansed from my sin Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoמִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix can say, יֹ֭אמַר (yō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “I have kept my heart לִבִּ֑י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre pure; זִכִּ֣יתִי (zik·kî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2135: To be translucent, to be innocent I am cleansed טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי (ṭā·har·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 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 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender Links Proverbs 20:9 NIVProverbs 20:9 NLT Proverbs 20:9 ESV Proverbs 20:9 NASB Proverbs 20:9 KJV Proverbs 20:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 20:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:9 French Bible Proverbs 20:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:9 Who can say I have made my (Prov. 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