Matthew 5:8

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.”

2 Samuel 22:27

with the pure You show Yourself pure; but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.

Psalm 15:2

He who walks uprightly, and does righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart;

Psalm 18:26

with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself shrewd.

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You desire truth in the inward being, and in my secret heart You will teach me wisdom.

Psalm 73:1

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Proverbs 22:11

He who loves a pure heart and speaks gracefully, the king will be his friend.

Acts 15:9

and made no distinction between them and us, and purified their hearts by faith.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see as through a glass, dimly, but then, face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I also am known.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh 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. Even their minds and consciences are defiled.

Hebrews 10:22

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

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord,

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your 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, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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

Since your souls have been purified by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply with a pure heart,

Revelation 22:4

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