Proverbs 4:23
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23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
Children have pure hearts.
That's why JESUS loves them.
But if you want to know more, Scripture tells us more.
Here's how to have a pure heart:
Job 31:1
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31 I made a covenant with mine eyes;
why then should I think upon a maid?
Psalm 15:2
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2 He that walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteousness,
and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalm 24:3-5
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3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?
or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands,
and a pure heart;
who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 51:6
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6 Behold,
thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 119:9
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9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Psalm 119:11
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11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
Proverbs 15:26
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26 The thoughts of the wicked
are an abomination to the Lord:
but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of man is froward and strange:
but as for the pure,
his work is right.
Proverbs 23:26
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26 My son,
give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Matthew 22:37-40
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37 Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.
John 14:1
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14 Let not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
John 14:6
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6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
Acts 15:9
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9 And put no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts 17:10-11
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10 And the brethren immediately sent away
Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.
1 Corinthians 6:17-18
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17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication.
Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;
but he that committeth fornication
sinneth against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
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19 What?
know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit,
which are God's.
2 Corinthians 5:17
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17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away;
behold,
all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Having therefore these promises,
dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,
so let him give;
not grudgingly,
or of necessity:
for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Philippians 4:7
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7 And the peace of God,
which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:5
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5 Now the end of the commandment is charity
out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience,
and of faith unfeigned:
1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I will therefore that men pray every where,
lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
1 Timothy 5:22
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22 Lay hands suddenly on no man,
neither be partaker of other men's sins:
keep thyself pure.
2 Timothy 2:22
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22 Flee also youthful lusts:
but follow righteousness,
faith, charity, peace,
with them that call on the Lord
out of a pure heart.
Hebrews 10:22
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22 Let us draw near with a true heart
in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 12:14
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14 Follow peace with all men,
and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage is honourable in all,
and the bed undefiled:
but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
James 1:27
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27 Pure religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 3:1-2
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3 My brethren,
be not many masters,
knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all.
If any man offend not in word,
the same is a perfect man,
and able also to bridle the whole body.
James 4:8
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8 Draw nigh to God,
and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners;
and purify your hearts,
ye double minded.
1 Peter 1:22
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22 Seeing ye have purified your souls
in obeying the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren,
see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter 2:11
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11 Dearly beloved,
I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul;
1 John 1:9
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9 If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 3:2-3
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2 Beloved,
now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that,
when he shall appear,
we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself,
even as he is pure.
Philippians 4:8
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8 Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
VITAL verses tab will share important verses, and chapters, on how to have a PURE heart.
This path really needs diligence.
And devotion.
A true LOVE for GOD.
And I'm on it.
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