Psalm 73:13

New Century Version

So why have I kept my heart pure? Why have I kept my hands from doing wrong?

Cross References

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? What would we gain by praying to him?’

Job 34:9

because he says, ‘It is no use to try to please God.’

Job 35:3

but you also ask, ‘What’s the use? I don’t gain anything by not sinning.’

Job 9:27

Even though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint; I will change the look on my face and smile,’

Job 9:29

I have already been found guilty, so why should I struggle for no reason?

Job 9:31

but you would push me into a dirty pit, and even my clothes would hate me.

Psalm 24:4

Only those with clean hands and pure hearts, who have not worshiped idols, who have not made promises in the name of a false god.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show I am innocent, and I come to your altar, Lord.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. It did no good to obey his laws and to show the Lord All-Powerful that we were sorry for what we did.

James 4:8

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