Psalm 73:13

Easy To Read Version

So why should I make my heart pure?\par Why should I make my hands clean?\par

Cross References

Job 21:15

And the evil people say,\par ‘Who is God All-Powerful?\par We don’t need to serve him!\par It won’t help to pray to him!’\par

Job 34:9

Why do I say that?\par Because Job says,\par ‘A person will gain nothing\par if he tries to please God.’\par

Job 35:3

And Job, you ask God,\par ‘What will a person gain\par if he tries to please God?\par What good will it do me\par if I don’t sin?’\par

Job 9:27

“If I say,\par ‘I won’t complain.\par I will forget my pain,\par I will put a smile on my face.’\par

Job 9:29

I am already judged guilty.\par So why should I keep trying?\par I say, ‘Forget it!’\par

Job 9:31

God will still push me into the slime pit. {\cf2\super [21]} \par Then even my clothes will hate me.\par

Psalm 24:4

People who have not done evil things,\par people who have pure hearts,\par people who have not used my name {\cf2\super [146]} to make lies sound like the truth,\par and people who have not lied and made false promises.\par \{Only those people can worship there.\}\par

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par

Psalm 51:10

God, create a pure heart in me!\par Make my spirit strong again!\par

Malachi 3:14

You said, “It is useless to worship the Lord. We did the things the Lord told us— but we didn’t gain anything. We were sad \{for our sins\} like people crying at a funeral. But it didn’t help.

James 4:8

Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.