Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?
5He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.
Job 17:9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Psalms 18:20\18:19\He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
Psalms 26:6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
Psalms 51:12\51:10\Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Psalms 143:8Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.
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 →