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Prov. 30:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yetm is not washed from their filthiness.

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Luke 18:11• ¹¹The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer. (Luke 18:11)

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Prov. 21:2• ²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts. (Prov. 21:2)

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Judg. 17:5,13• ⁵And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
¹³Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest. (Judg. 17:5,13)

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1 Sam. 15:13‑14• ¹³And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.
¹⁴And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear? (1 Sam. 15:13‑14)

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Job 33:9• ⁹I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me; (Job 33:9)

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Psa. 36:2• ²For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful. (Psa. 36:2)

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Isa. 65:5• ⁵who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. (Isa. 65:5)

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Jer. 2:22‑24,35• ²²For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
²³How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done--a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
²⁴--a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
³⁵And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (Jer. 2:22‑24,35)

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Luke 11:39‑40• ³⁹But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:39‑40)

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Luke 16:15• ¹⁵And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)

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Luke 18:11• ¹¹The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer. (Luke 18:11)

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2 Tim. 3:5• ⁵having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)

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Titus 1:15‑16• ¹⁵All things are pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
¹⁶They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work. (Titus 1:15‑16)

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1 John 1:8‑10• ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8‑10)

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Psa. 51:2,7• ²Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:2,7)

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Isa. 1:16• ¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;--cease to do evil, (Isa. 1:16)

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Jer. 4:14• ¹⁴Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? (Jer. 4:14)

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Ezek. 36:25• ²⁵And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you. (Ezek. 36:25)

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Zech. 13:1• ¹In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1)

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1 Cor. 6:11• ¹¹And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:11)

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Titus 3:5• ⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:5)

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1 John 1:7• ⁷But if we walk in the light as *he* is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

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Rev. 1:5• ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)

• Contaminated with the horrible pollution of their sins, they are nevertheless pure in their own sight, declaring every one his own goodness. See Proverbs 20:6. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

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there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;