pure in heart
Free from guile
Pure in heart describes someone whose motives and intentions are genuinely good—free from selfishness, malice, or hidden agendas.
The phrase comes from the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus says the pure in heart will see God.
It suggests an inner moral clarity that goes beyond outward behavior to the quality of one's desires and thoughts: She was pure in heart, incapable of deception.
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- sincereGenuinely felt, not feigned
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- gentleSoft and kind
- meekHumbly unassertive
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- Jesus' teachingsSermon on the Mount, beatitudes, Beatitudes, love your enemies, Lord's Prayer
pure in heartcorrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
black-hearted · false-hearted · rotten to the core · wicked · malicious
pure in heartcynical
Doubting human goodness
jaded · hard-hearted · cold-hearted · calculating · manipulative
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