Hebrews 10:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So let's come near God with pure hearts and a confidence that comes from having faith. Let's keep our hearts pure, our consciences free from evil, and our bodies washed with clean water.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:3

Abijam did not truly obey the LORD his God as his ancestor David had done. Instead, he was sinful just like his father Rehoboam.

1 Chronicles 28:9

Solomon, my son, worship God and obey him with all your heart and mind, just as I have done. He knows all your thoughts and your reasons for doing things, and so if you turn to him, he will hear your prayers. But if you ignore him, he will reject you for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:17

But we are happy, because everyone has voluntarily given you these things. You know what is in everyone's heart, and you are pleased when people are honest.

Psalm 111:1

Shout praises to the LORD! With all my heart I will thank the LORD when his people meet.

Psalm 119:10

I worship you with all my heart. Don't let me walk away from your commands.

Psalm 119:145

I pray to you, LORD! Please answer me. I promise to obey your laws.

Psalm 119:2

You bless all those who follow your commands from deep in their hearts

Psalm 119:34

Help me to understand your Law; I promise to obey it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:58

With all my heart I beg you to be kind to me, just as you have promised.

Psalm 119:69

My reputation is being ruined by conceited liars, but with all my heart I follow your teachings.

Psalm 119:7

I will do right and praise you by learning to respect your perfect laws.

Psalm 119:80

Let me truly respect your laws, so I won't be ashamed.

Psalm 32:11

And so your good people should celebrate and shout.

Psalm 51:10

Create pure thoughts in me and make me faithful again.

Psalm 73:28

It is good for me to be near you. I choose you as my protector, and I will tell about your wonderful deeds.

Psalm 84:11

Our LORD and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honour, never denying any good thing to those who live right.

Psalm 9:1

I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart and tell about the wonders you have worked.

Psalm 94:15

Justice and fairness will go hand in hand, and all who do right will follow along.

Exodus 29:4

Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent and make them wash themselves.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, pay close attention, and gladly follow my example.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

Isaiah 52:15

My servant will make nations worthy to worship me; kings will be silent as they bow in wonder. They will see and think about things they have never seen or thought about before.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a desire to know me and to be my people. They will want me to be their God, and they will turn back to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 3:10

And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me.

Jeremiah 30:21

One of your own people will become your ruler. And when I invite him to come near me at the place of worship, he will do so. No one would dare to come near without being invited.

Ezekiel 16:9

I washed the blood off you and rubbed your skin with olive oil.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle you with clean water, and you will be clean and acceptable to me. I will wash away everything that makes you unclean, and I will remove your disgusting idols.

Leviticus 14:7

Next, he will sprinkle you seven times with the blood and say, “You are now clean.” Finally, he will release the bird and let it fly away.

Leviticus 16:4

You will take a bath and put on the sacred linen clothes, including the underwear, the robe, the sash, and the turban.

Leviticus 8:6

After Moses told Aaron and his sons to step forward, he made them wash themselves.

Zechariah 13:1

In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

Numbers 8:7

and sprinkle them with the water that washes away their sins. Then tell them to shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes.

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water so that you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 1:1

Many people have tried to tell the story of what God has done among us.

John 3:5

Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that before you can get into God's kingdom, you must be born not only by water, but by the Spirit.

John 8:9

The people left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally, Jesus and the woman were there alone.

Acts 22:16

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord.”

Acts 8:21

You don't have any part in this, and God sees that your heart isn't right.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

My friends, God has made us these promises. So we should stay away from everything that keeps our bodies and spirits from being clean. We should honour God and try to be completely like him.

Ephesians 3:12

Christ now gives us courage and confidence, so that we can come to God by faith.

Ephesians 5:26

He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water.

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, you must obey your earthly masters. Show them great respect and be as loyal to them as you are to Christ.

1 Timothy 4:2

They will also be fooled by the false claims of liars whose consciences have lost all feeling. These liars

Titus 3:5

He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.

Hebrews 10:1

The Law of Moses is like a shadow of the good things to come. This shadow isn't the good things themselves, because it cannot free people from sin by the sacrifices that are offered year after year.

Hebrews 10:19

My friends, the blood of Jesus gives us courage to enter the most holy place

Hebrews 11:28

His faith also made him celebrate Passover. He sprinkled the blood of animals on the doorposts, so that the firstborn sons of the people of Israel would not be killed by the destroying angel.

Hebrews 12:24

And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 4:16

So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help.

Hebrews 6:11

We wish that each of you would always be eager to show how strong and lasting your hope really is.

Hebrews 7:19

because the Law cannot make anything perfect. At the same time, we are given a much better hope, and it can bring us close to God.

Hebrews 9:10

These rules are merely about such things as eating and drinking and ceremonies for washing ourselves. And rules about physical things will last only until the time comes to change them for something better.

Hebrews 9:19

Moses told the people all that the Law said they must do. Then he used red wool and a hyssop plant to sprinkle the people and the book of the Law with the blood of bulls and goats and with water.

James 1:6

But when you ask for something, you must have faith and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!

1 Peter 3:21

Those flood waters were like baptism that now saves you. But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience, because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

Revelation 1:5

May kindness and peace be yours from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. Jesus was the first to conquer death, and he is the ruler of all earthly kings. Christ loves us, and by his blood he set us free from our sins.