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Matthew 5:8

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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Note: Definition of pure

Similar Old Testament Verses

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart…

Psalm 24:3-4

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 4:23

There are six things that the LORD hates …

… a heart that devises wicked schemes …

Proverbs 6:16,18

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.

Proverbs 14:31

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Psalm 73:1

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

Proverbs 17:20

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.

Job 19:26

Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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2 responses to “Matthew 5:8”

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    This verse is an impossibility. No one has a pure heart, therefore no one shall see God. There is only one who has a pure heart and pays our debt completely. Through Jesus we will see God. How appropriate during this Holy Week we contemplate the greatness of Jesus and what he accomplished for us sinners.

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    Philip Gibson

    It seems to me it is possible to have a pure heart, yet still be a sinner. There are those that excessively focus on intentions as the litmus for being righteous. While I do not subscribe to this ideology, there is merit in the notion that like Paul, we do not do what we wish to do. Here, Jesus recognizes that there can be good in people’s hearts. I have vacillated back and forth on the theory “x” and theory “y” regarding the human heart. Clearly, some people are basically good and some are basically bad. Perhaps, that is what is meant by the elect.

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