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He who has clean hands and a pure heart; Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully.
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Holiness: Inside and Out
Commentators unanimously explain that access to God's presence requires both 'clean hands' (righteous actions) and a 'pure heart' (sincere motives). True faith isn't just about outward behavior; it's a deep, internal transformation that produces a holy life. As John Calvin notes, a good root (the heart) will naturally produce good fruit (the hands).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that has clean hands - In the parallel passage in (Psalms 15:2), the answer to the question is, He that walketh uprightly…
19th Century
Anglican
His soul. —The Hebrew margin is my soul, a reading confirmed by the Alexandrian Codex of the Septuagint. The Rabbis defen…
Baptist
The man who will go to heaven is the clean man, the man who has been washed from his sins in the blood of the Lamb; and he is clean just where he w…
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16th Century
Protestant
He who is clean of hands, and pure of heart. Under the purity of the hands and of the heart, and the reverence of God’s name, he encompass…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that has clean hands, and a pure heart Though "clean hands" are mentioned first, as being more obvious to view, a…
We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those children of men who do not know him, nor acknowledge their relation to him…
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13th Century
Catholic
Having described tribulations and divine help, the psalmist here commends the power of his helper.
There is no new title in the He…
