Proverbs 20:9
Good News Translation
Can anyone really say that his conscience is clear, that he has gotten rid of his sin?

New Revised Standard Version
Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?

Contemporary English Version
Can any of us really say, "My thoughts are pure, and my sins are gone"?

New American Bible
Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am cleansed of my sin”?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

1 Kings 8:46 But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36 And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 14:4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 15:14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Job 25:4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?

Psalm 51:5 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not conscious to myself of anything. Yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

James 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.

1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . .

Context
Wine is a Mocker
8The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look. 9Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.…
Cross References
Romans 3:9
What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 Kings 8:46
But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36
And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 14:4
Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 15:14
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

Proverbs 20:8
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