Matthew 5:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

Jacob then asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” With that, he blessed him.

2 Samuel 22:27

Toward the sincere you are sincere; but to the perverse you are devious.

Psalm 15:2

Whoever walks without blame, doing what is right, speaking truth from the heart;

Psalm 18:26

Toward the faithful you are faithful; to the honest man you are honest;

Psalm 24:4

“The clean of hand and pure of heart, who has not given his soul to useless things, what is vain.

Psalm 51:10

You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice.

Psalm 51:6

Against you, you alone have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your eyes So that you are just in your word, and without reproach in your judgment.

Psalm 73:1

A psalm of Asaph. How good God is to the upright, to those who are pure of heart!

Proverbs 22:11

The Lord loves the pure of heart; the person of winning speech has a king for a friend.

Acts 15:9

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

1 Corinthians 13:12

At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Titus 1:15

To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted.

Hebrews 10:22

let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

Hebrews 12:14

Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds.

1 Peter 1:22

Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to the truth for sincere mutual love, love one another intensely from a [pure] heart.

Revelation 22:4

They will look upon his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.