James 4:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Cross References

Hebrews 10:22

Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with clean water.

Malachi 3:7

For from the days of your fathers you have departed from my ordinances, and have not kept them: Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the Lord of hosts. And you have said: Wherein shall we return?

Zechariah 1:3

And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye to me, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved. How long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

1 John 3:3

And every one that hath this hope in him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is holy.

Psalm 51:10

But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

Hebrews 7:19

(For the law brought nothing to perfection,) but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

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

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: and why will you die, O house of Israel?

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind. For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Peter 3:21

Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Job 17:9

And the just man shall hold on his way: and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good and its fruit good: or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known.

1 Timothy 2:8

I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:

Psalm 24:4

Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths.

1 Peter 1:22

Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

James 1:8

A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways.

Psalm 26:6

He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.

Acts 15:9

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Genesis 18:23

And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?

Job 16:17

My face is swollen with weeping; and my eyelids are dim.

Matthew 15:2

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

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert of the way of the daughter of my people, not to fan nor to cleanse.

Job 9:30

If I be washed as it were with snow-waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:

Isaiah 13:15

Every one that shall be found shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid shall fall by the sword.

Psalm 73:13

Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Matthew 27:24

And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; look you to it.

1 Samuel 14:35

And Saul built an altar to the Lord; and he then first began to build an altar to the Lord.

Isaiah 58:2

For they seek me from day to day and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God. They ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.

James 3:17

But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.

Lamentations 3:57

Coph. Thou drewest near in the day when I called upon thee. Thou saidst: Fear not.