Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
In Context
8A King that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euill with his eyes.
10Diuers weightes, and diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If they sinne against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,
Job 14:4Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.
Job 25:4And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
Ecclesiastes 7:20It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.
James 3:2For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:9
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Here is, 1. The character of a good governor: He is a king that deserves to be called so who sits in the throne, not as a throne of honour, to take his ease, and take state upon him, and oblige men to keep their distance, but as a throne of judgment, that he may do justice, give redress to the injured and punish the injurious, who makes his business his delight and loves no pleasure comparably to it, who does not devolve the… Read the whole commentary →