Psalms 24:4
He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19And lest you lift up yours eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Job 17:9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Psalms 18:20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
Psalms 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocence: so will I compass yours altar, O LORD:
Psalms 51:12Restore unto me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with your free spirit.
Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto 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 →