Proverbs 22:11

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

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

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

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

I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’ ”

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

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

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

You shall be over my house. All my people will be ruled according to your word. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”

So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king’s gate.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father won’t find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also.”

Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.

For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,