James 4:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Cross References

Psalm 145:18

Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

Malachi 3:7

From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

Zechariah 1:3

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

1 John 3:3

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Psalm 73:28

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah 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 Peter 3:21

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

Job 17:9

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them;

Psalm 24:4

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Psalm 18:20

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

James 1:8

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

Job 16:17

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Matthew 15:2

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

Isaiah 13:15

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

Matthew 27:24

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.

1 Samuel 14:35

And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.

Psalm 119:113

I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.