pure heart

My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.

Psalm 19:8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 73:1
Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart.

Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”?

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

1 Timothy 1:5
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.

2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart

Psalm 51
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

1 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
Blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;

You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

13 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:13-14

and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3

But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” Mark 7:27

36 Then He took a little child and set him in the midst of them. And when He had taken him in His arms, He said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.” Mark 9:36-37

33 Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. John 13:33

My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you. Galatians 4:19

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1

12 I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children,
Because you have known the Father. 1 John 2:12-13

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18

And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 1 John 2:28

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 1 John 3:7

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. 1 John 5:21

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4

4 Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, 5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Psalm 31:4-5

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:23-24

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:16-18

26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
John 15:26

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
John 16:13

I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 9:1-3

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
Ephesians 1:13

24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Do Not Grieve the Spirit
25 Therefore, putting away lying, “ Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.
Ephesians 4:24-25

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spiritis in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:8-10

12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Stand Fast
13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:12-14


Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart.
1 Peter 1:22

Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
1 John 3:24

We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4:6

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1 John 5:6

He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalm 1:3

He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows its going down.
Psalm 104:19

The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
Psalm 145:15

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
Proverbs 15:23

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
1 To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.

The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned,
That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to hear as the learned.
Isaiah 50:4

And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding.
Daniel 2:21

They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.” Matthew 21:41

And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. Acts 1:7

Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” Acts 14:17

You observe days and months and seasons and years. Galatians 4:10

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 1 Thessalonians 5:1

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:2

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
Psalm 10:7

They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 12:2

You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Psalm 17:3

Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
Psalm 28:3

For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6

Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:5

You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Proverbs 6:2

Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:14

Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 21:23


Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’
Matthew 4:4

for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
Matthew 10:20

“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
Matthew 10:27

‘ These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
Matthew 15:8

Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word.
Acts 4:29

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.
Acts 11:15

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ.
Ephesians 4:15

(do not grieve the Holy Spirit) Therefore, putting away lying, “ Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.
Ephesians 4:25

28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
Ephesians 4:28-31

For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
Ephesians 5:12

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:19

But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:4

to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
Titus 3:2

Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
Revelation 2:16

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:5

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You.
1 Chronicles 29:18

In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men.
Job 4:13

A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
Job 12:5

My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 17:11

“ Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.
Job 20:2

The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;God is in none of his thoughts.
Psalm 10:4

Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
Psalm 40:5

We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple.
Psalm 48:9

Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
Psalm 49:11

These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.
Psalm 50:21

All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalm 56:5

They devise iniquities: “We have perfected a shrewd scheme.” Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
Psalm 64:6

When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me—
Psalm 73:16

O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep.
Psalm 92:5

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.
Psalm 94:11

I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:59

You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
Psalm 139:2

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
Psalm 139:17

Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established.
Proverbs 16:3

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,And in His law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:2

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Psalm 4:1

Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation.
Psalm 5:1

But to You I have cried out, O LORD, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Psalm 88:13

May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the LORD.
Psalm 104:34

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119:97

I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalm 119:99

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.
Romans 1:9

Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men.
1 Timothy 2:1

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
1 Peter 4:7

Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Revelation 8:3

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He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. John 3:29

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” Revelation 21:9

7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”
Revelation 19:7-9


The Parable of the Wedding Feast
1 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.”’ 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:1-14

Marriage—Christ and the Church
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:22-33

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4

As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Psalm 18:30

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Proverbs 30:5

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4

making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.” Mark 7:13

But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”
Luke 4:4

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 8:11

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Luke 8:21

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:28

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17

for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:5

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever. 1 Peter 1:23

But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
1 John 2:5

I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one. 1 John 2:14

who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.
Revelation 1:2

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. Revelation 19:13

The Whole Armor of God
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
Ephesians 6:10-18