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Who will say “I have made my heart[a] clean;
    I am pure from my sin”?
10 Stone and stone, measure and measure,
    both of them[b] are an abomination of Yahweh.
11 Even by his acts, a young man[c] will make himself known,
    whether his acts are pure and upright.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:9 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 20:10 Literally “also the two of them”
  3. Proverbs 20:11 Or “young boy,” or “adolescent”

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;(A)
    I am clean and without sin”?(B)

10 Differing weights and differing measures—
    the Lord detests them both.(C)

11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(D) and upright?

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