What does the Bible say about purity?

Scripture blesses the pure in heart (Matthew 5:8), shows purity is kept by God's Word (Psalm 119:9), and calls us to flee lust and pursue righteousness (2 Timothy 2:22).

Take heed to God's Word (Psalm 119:9), flee temptation, pursue righteousness with other believers (2 Timothy 2:22), and rely on the Spirit's cleansing (Psalm 51:10).

Is there a Bible verse about a pure heart?

Matthew 5:8 and Psalm 51:10 are beloved verses about a pure and clean heart.

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13 Bible Verses About Purity (KJV)

God calls His people to purity of heart and life, and He offers the grace to walk in it. Here is what the Bible says.

What the Bible says about purity

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

Matthew 5:8

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”

Psalm 119:9

“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

2 Timothy 2:22

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

Psalm 51:10

“Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”

Psalm 24:4

The one who ascends God's hill has clean hands and a pure heart, undivided in devotion.

“Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.”

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure, for purity begins in a conscience made clean by God.

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”

James 4:8

Drawing near to God comes with cleansing hands and purifying hearts from double-mindedness.

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”

Proverbs 4:23

We are to guard the heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the issues of life.

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

1 Timothy 4:12

Believers, even the young, are to be an example in word, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

“Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

Titus 2:14

Christ gave himself to redeem and purify for himself a people zealous of good works.

“Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.”

Psalm 73:1

God is truly good to those who are pure in heart, a purity he alone can create.

“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:”

1 Peter 1:22

Obeying the truth purifies the soul, freeing us to love one another with a pure heart fervently.

Purity is guarded by God's Word, empowered by His Spirit, and it opens the eyes of the heart to see God.

How these verses point to Christ

Purity is more than avoiding wrong; it is a clean and undivided heart, which only God can give. Jesus touched lepers and forgave sinners without being stained, and on the cross his blood washes what nothing else can reach. He purifies us not so we can earn his love but because he already loves us. In him the impure are made clean and given new hearts set on God.

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