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Proverbs 20:9–10

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Proverbs 20:9

9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Proverbs 20:10

10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

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Proverbs 20:9

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

heart

The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

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pure

Free from mixture, contamination, guilt, or moral defilement; genuine, clean, holy, or innocent according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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sin

Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

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Proverbs 20:10

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weights

Measures or objects used to determine heaviness; also the standards by which things are weighed.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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measures

Standards, vessels, or amounts used in measuring; also determines, allots, or proportions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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Lord

LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828

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From verse 9

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:20
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  2. 1 John 1:8–10
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  3. 1 Kings 8:46
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  4. Job 14:4
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  5. Job 15:14
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From verse 10

  1. Proverbs 11:1
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  2. Proverbs 20:23
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  3. Deuteronomy 25:13–15
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  4. Leviticus 19:35
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  5. Micah 6:10–11
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