WHO decides who has a PURE Heart?

 

Proverbs 16:2 

King James Version

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; 

but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

Scripture has some very interesting things to tell us.

Such as there is no person who can claim to be clean.

Proverbs 20:9 

King James Version

9 Who can say, 

I have made my heart clean, 

I am pure from my sin?

Only GOD, for sure, can say who we are.

Only He knows our hearts.

JESUS knew "what was in man":

John 2:24-25 

King James Version

24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, 

because he knew all men,

25 And needed not that any should testify of man: 

for he knew what was in man.

Scripture speaks of the quality (or lack of it) of our hearts.

Proverbs 21:2 

King James Version

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: 

but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 

King James Version

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, 

and desperately wicked: 

who can know it?

10 I the Lord search the heart, 

I try the reins, 

even to give every man according to his ways, 

and according to the fruit of his doings.

Proverbs 20:6 

King James Version

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: 

but a faithful man who can find?

1 Samuel 16:7 

King James Version

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 

Look not on his countenance, 

or on the height of his stature; 

because I have refused him: 

for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; 

for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart.

1 John 1:8

King James Version

8 If we say that we have no sin, 

we deceive ourselves, 

and the truth is not in us.

Genesis 6:5-6 

King James Version

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man 

was great in the earth, 

and that every imagination 

of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord 

that he had made man on the earth, 

and it grieved him at his heart.

Matthew 12:34-35 

King James Version

34 O generation of vipers, 

how can ye, being evil, 

speak good things? 

for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart 

bringeth forth good things: 

and an evil man out of the evil treasure 

bringeth forth evil things.

The only way to have a pure heart, is to look to Jesus.

Acts 4:12 

King James Version

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, 

whereby we must be saved.

Colossians 3:1-2 

King James version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

And be taught by the Holy Spirit of God.

John 14:26 

King James Version

26 But the Comforter, 

which is the Holy Ghost, 

whom the Father will send in my name, 

he shall teach you all things, 

and bring all things to your remembrance, 

whatsoever I have said unto you.

And heed the Word of God.

Psalm 119:9 

King James Version

9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? 

by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Updated 7 January 2024