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

מִֽי־יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃

Proverbs 20:9

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Sin Original sin Human nature

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 20:9)

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 53:7).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 20:25).

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Hebrew
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Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 9:13).