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Psalms 73:1

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TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
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  1. Matthew 5:8Rank 1 from verse 1
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    8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

  2. Psalms 51:10Rank 2 from verse 1
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    10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  3. Luke 12:32Rank 3 from verse 1
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    32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

  4. Psalms 84:11Rank 4 from verse 1
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  5. James 4:8Rank 5 from verse 1
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    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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Psalms 73:1

COMBINED MEANING

truly

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According to truth; in agreement with fact; Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; Exactly; justly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

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