Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Who shall ascend into the hill of LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
5He shall receive a blessing from LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
Job 17:9Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
Psalms 18:20LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O LORD,
Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for in thee do I trust. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to thee.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:4-7
The Character of True Israelites. 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. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. From this world, and the fulness thereof, the psalmist's meditations rise, of a sudden to the great… Read the whole commentary →