Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Proverbs 20:9 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Proverbs 20:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 20 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”
Proverbs 20:9 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 20:9
This rhetorical question expects the answer: no one. No person can claim complete heart purity or sinlessness. This verse confronts human self-righteousness by asserting universal depravity. Even the most outwardly moral person harbors sinful thoughts, desires, and motives. The Hebrew 'zakah' (clean/pure) and 'taher' (pure from sin) demand absolute moral perfection that only God possesses. This proverb anticipates Paul's teaching that 'all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God' (Romans 3:23). It demolishes every claim to self-justification and drives us to seek righteousness outside o...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 20:9
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“who does good and doesn't sin.”
“we deceive ourselves”
“and you are angry with them”
“Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.”
“that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman”
“but he who judges me is the Lord.”
“the same is a perfect man”
“How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?”
“and you are angry with them”
“I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.”