Psalms 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3Who shall ascend into the mountain of the LORD? and who shall stand in His holy place?
5He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest 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 the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Psalms 18:20(18-21) The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me.
Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD,
Psalms 51:12(51-14) Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let a willing spirit uphold me.
Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning, for in Thee do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto Thee have I lifted up my soul.
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 →