Psalms 51:2

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“Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.”

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BSBPD

“Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 51:2 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 13:58If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.
  2. 2 Samuel 11:4Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
  3. 2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
  4. Psalms 19:12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
  5. Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  6. Isaiah 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
  7. Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
  8. Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  9. Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  10. John 13:9“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”
  11. Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
  12. 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  13. Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
  14. Hebrews 10:21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
  15. 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  16. Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
  17. Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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