100 Bible Verses about Being Pure (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about being pure, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Matthew 5:8 KJV

⁸Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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Psalm 51:10 KJV

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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2 Timothy 2:22 KJV

²²Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Hebrews 13:4 KJV

⁴Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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1 John 3:3 KJV

³And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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Philippians 4:8 KJV

⁸Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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James 1:27 KJV

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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1 Peter 1:22 KJV

²²Seeing 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:

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Psalm 12:6 KJV

⁶The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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1 Timothy 1:5 KJV

⁵Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 KJV

³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: ⁴That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; ⁵Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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1 Corinthians 6:18 KJV

¹⁸Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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1 Corinthians 6:13 KJV

¹³Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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Psalm 119:9 KJV

⁹Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

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Titus 1:15 KJV

¹⁵Unto 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.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Galatians 5:19-21 KJV

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, ²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of …

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Psalm 24:3-4 KJV

³Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? ⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

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1 Peter 2:11 KJV

¹¹Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Ephesians 5:3 KJV

³But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

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James 4:8 KJV

⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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Psalm 73:1 KJV

¹Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

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Psalm 19:8 KJV

⁸The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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James 3:17 KJV

¹⁷But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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Titus 2:4-5 KJV

⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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2 Corinthians 7:1 KJV

¹Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

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Romans 13:13-14 KJV

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. ¹⁴But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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Proverbs 4:23 KJV

²³Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Titus 2:5 KJV

⁵To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

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Proverbs 16:2 KJV

²All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

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1 Timothy 5:22 KJV

²²Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

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Hebrews 10:22 KJV

²²Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Proverbs 20:11 KJV

¹¹Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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James 3:2 KJV

²For 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.

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1 Timothy 4:12 KJV

¹²Let 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.

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Hebrews 12:14 KJV

¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

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Philippians 2:14-16 KJV

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; ¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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Psalm 18:30 KJV

³⁰As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 KJV

³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. ³Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …

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1 John 3:2 KJV

²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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Matthew 4:4 KJV

⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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Psalm 24:4 KJV

⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Psalm 18:26 KJV

²⁶With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

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Psalm 119:11 KJV

¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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James 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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Psalm 24:4-5 KJV

⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. ⁵He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

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2 Corinthians 11:2 KJV

²For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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Habakkuk 1:13 KJV

¹³Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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Romans 13:14 KJV

¹⁴But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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Revelation 19:8 KJV

⁸And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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Matthew 23:25-28 KJV

²⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. ²⁶Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. ²⁷Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear …

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Proverbs 15:26 KJV

²⁶The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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Job 31:1 KJV

¹I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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Psalm 37:4 KJV

⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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Hebrews 9:14 KJV

¹⁴How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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Philippians 1:9-10 KJV

⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; ¹⁰That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

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2 Corinthians 11:2-3 KJV

²For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. ³But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Hebrews 7:26 KJV

²⁶For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

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Psalm 51:6 KJV

⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Acts 15:9 KJV

⁹And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

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Matthew 15:19-20 KJV

¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: ²⁰These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

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Psalm 51:7 KJV

⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Psalm 119:140 KJV

¹⁴⁰Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Galatians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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Romans 12:1 KJV

¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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Philippians 1:6 KJV

⁶Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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2 Samuel 22:27 KJV

²⁷With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

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Colossians 3:14 KJV

¹⁴And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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1 Corinthians 6:15-20 KJV

¹⁵Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. ¹⁶What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. ¹⁷But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. ¹⁸Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is …

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Leviticus 11:44-45 KJV

⁴⁴For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ⁴⁵For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

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James 4:7-8 KJV

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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Titus 2:12 KJV

¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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Proverbs 30:5 KJV

⁵Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

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Proverbs 23:26 KJV

²⁶My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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Job 15:14 KJV

¹⁴What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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Hebrews 4:12 KJV

¹²For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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John 16:33 KJV

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Proverbs 22:11 KJV

¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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Proverbs 21:8 KJV

⁸The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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Matthew 5:28 KJV

²⁸But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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Acts 2:38 KJV

³⁸Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV

⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

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Psalm 119:1 KJV

¹Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

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Psalm 62:1-2 KJV

¹Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. ²He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

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2 Samuel 22:31 KJV

³¹As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Proverbs 22:6 KJV

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Ephesians 6:4 KJV

⁴And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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John 8:44 KJV

⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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Romans 6:13 KJV

¹³Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

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Proverbs 5:18-19 KJV

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

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