Matthew 5:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Great blessings belong to those whose thoughts are pure. They will be with God.

Cross References

Psalm 24:4

Only those who have not done evil, who have pure hearts, who have not used my name to hide their lies, and who have not made false promises.

Psalm 51:10

God, create a pure heart in me, and make my spirit strong again.

Hebrews 10:22

Sprinkled with the blood of Christ, our hearts have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere heart, full of confidence because of our faith in Christ.

Hebrews 12:14

Try to live in peace with everyone. And try to keep your lives free from sin. Anyone whose life is not holy will never see the Lord.

Proverbs 22:11

Love a pure heart and kind words, and the king will be your friend.

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply—with all your heart.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from God is like this: First, it is pure. It is also peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help people who have trouble and to do good for others. This wisdom is always fair and honest.

Titus 1:15

To people who are pure, everything is pure. But to those who are full of sin and don’t believe, nothing is pure. Really, their thinking has become evil and their consciences have been ruined.

Psalm 15:2

Only those who live pure lives, do what is right, and speak the truth from their hearts.

Acts 15:9

To God, those people are not different from us. When they believed, God made their hearts pure.

Psalm 73:1

God is so good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure.

Hebrews 9:14

So surely the blood sacrifice of Christ can do much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make us completely clean from the evil we have done. It will give us clear consciences so that we can worship the living God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make us try to be completely holy in the way we live.

Psalm 18:26

You never do wrong to those who have done no wrong. But you outsmart the wicked, no matter how clever they are.

1 Corinthians 13:12

It is the same with us. Now we see God as if we are looking at a reflection in a mirror. But then, in the future, we will see him right before our eyes. Now I know only a part, but at that time I will know fully, as God has known me.

Revelation 22:4

They will see his face. God’s name will be written on their foreheads.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named that place Peniel. He said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”

Psalm 51:6

You want me to be completely loyal, so put true wisdom deep inside of me.

2 Samuel 22:27

You never do wrong to those who have done no wrong. But you outsmart the wicked, no matter how clever they are.