James 4:8

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you, with cleansed hands and purified hearts. Repentance turns the whole person back to God.

Cross-references · 39

• Ps 145:18The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
• Heb 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Mal 3:7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
• Zech 1:3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• 2 Chr 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
• Hos 6:1–2Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Jer 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Ezek 36:25–27Then 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.
• Ps 51:6–7Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
• 1 Jn 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
• Heb 7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
• Ezek 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Isa 1:15–16And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 73:28But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
• 2 Cor 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• 1 Pet 3:21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
• Job 17:9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Matt 23:25–26Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
• Matt 12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
• Isa 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
• 1 Tim 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Ps 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Ps 18:20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
• 1 Pet 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• Luke 11:39–40And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
• Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Ps 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
• Jas 1:8A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
• Job 16:17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
• Gen 18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
• Matt 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
• Jer 4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
• Job 9:30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
• Matt 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
• Isa 13:15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
• Ps 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

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