Matthew 5:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous–possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! [Ps. 24:3, 4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Common English Bible

⁸ “Happy are people who have pure hearts, because they will see God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:30

Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me Your name.” But He said, “What’s this—you are asking My name?” Then He blessed him there.

2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure You show Yourself pure, but with the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Psalm 15:2

The one who walks with integrity, who does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart,

Psalm 18:26

With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless.

Psalm 24:4

One with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 51:10

Let me hear joy and gladness, so the bones You crushed may rejoice.

Psalm 51:6

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.

Psalm 73:1

A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to the pure in heart.

Proverbs 22:11

One who loves purity of heart and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts through faith.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, loved ones, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Both their mind and conscience are defiled.

Hebrews 10:22

So let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and body washed with pure water.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Messiah—who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God—cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth, leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart.

Revelation 22:4

They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.