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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yetm is not washed from their filthiness.

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Luke 18:11• ¹¹The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer. (Luke 18:11)

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Prov. 21:2• ²Every way of a man [is] straight in his own eyes;{HR}But Jehovah weigheth the hearts. (Prov. 21:2)

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Judg. 17:5,13• ⁵{i}And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.{/i}
¹³{i}Then said Micah,{/i} Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. (Judg. 17:5,13)

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1 Sam. 15:13‑14• ¹³And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah.
¹⁴And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? (1 Sam. 15:13‑14)

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Job 33:9• ⁹I am pure, without transgression,{HR}I [am] clean, and have no iniquity: (Job 33:9)

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Psa. 36:2• ²For he hath flattered himself in his own eyes,{HR}Until that his iniquity is found out and hated. (Psa. 36:2)

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Isa. 65:5• ⁵who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These [are] a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. (Isa. 65:5)

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Jer. 2:22‑24,35• ²²{i}For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.{/i}
²³{i}How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done—a swift dromedary traversing her ways!{/i}
²⁴{i}—a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.{/i}
³⁵{i}And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.{/i} (Jer. 2:22‑24,35)

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Luke 11:39‑40• ³⁹{i}But the Lord{/i} said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:39‑40)

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Luke 16:15• ¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)

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Luke 18:11• ¹¹The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer. (Luke 18:11)

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2 Tim. 3:5• ⁵having a form of piety, but having denied the power thereof; and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)

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Titus 1:15‑16• ¹⁵To the pure all things [are] pure; but to the defiled and unfaithful [is] nothing pure; but both their mind and their conscience have been defiled.
¹⁶They profess to know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:15‑16)

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1 John 1:8‑10• ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we mislead ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8‑10)

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Psa. 51:2,7• ²Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,{HR}And cleanse me from my sin.
⁷Purge me with hyssop,{HR}And I shall be clean; wash me,{HR}And I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:2,7)

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Isa. 1:16• ¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes. (Isa. 1:16)

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Jer. 4:14• ¹⁴O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? (Jer. 4:14)

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Ezek. 36:25• ²⁵Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (Ezek. 36:25)

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Zech. 13:1• ¹In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1)

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1 Cor. 6:11• ¹¹And these things were some of you. But ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus [Christ] and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:11)

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Titus 3:5• ⁵not by works in righteousness which we ourselves did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:5)

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1 John 1:7• ⁷But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus [Christ] his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

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Rev. 1:5• ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)

• Contaminated with the horrible pollution of their sins, they are nevertheless pure in their own sight, declaring every one his own goodness. See Proverbs 20:6. (“Proverbs Thirty” by H.A. Ironside)

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there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;

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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,{HR}Yet are not washed from their filthiness;{HR}

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)