Proverbs 20:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or n...
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or nea...
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