Matthew 5:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

2 Samuel 22:27

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Psalm 15:2

He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

Psalm 18:26

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

Psalm 51:10

Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

Psalm 51:6

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

Psalm 73:1

Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.

Proverbs 22:11

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Acts 15:9

Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

Titus 1:15

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

Hebrews 10:22

Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

Hebrews 12:14

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

Hebrews 9:14

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

James 3:17

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1 Peter 1:22

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

Revelation 22:4

And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows.