James 4:8

God's Word

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

Abraham came closer and asked, “Are you really going to sweep away the innocent with the guilty?

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

2 Chronicles 15:2

Azariah went to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Job 16:17

although my hands have done nothing violent, and my prayer is sincere.

Job 17:9

Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Job 9:30

If I wash myself with lye soap and cleanse my hands with bleach,

Psalm 119:113

I hate two-faced people, but I love your teachings.

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to everyone who prays to him, to every faithful person who prays to him.

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me because of my righteousness, because my hands are clean. He paid me back

Psalm 24:4

⌞The one who⌟ has clean hands and a pure heart and does not long for what is false or lie when he is under oath.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 51:10

Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.

Psalm 73:13

I’ve received no reward for keeping my life pure and washing my hands of any blame.

Psalm 73:28

Being united with God is my highest good. I have made the Almighty Lord my refuge so that I may report everything that he has done.

Isaiah 13:15

Whoever is found will be stabbed to death. Whoever is captured will be executed.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is ⌞based on⌟ rules made by humans.

Isaiah 58:2

They look for me every day and want to know my ways. They act as if they were a nation that has done what is right and as if they haven’t disregarded God’s judgment ⌞on them⌟. They ask me for just decrees. They want God to be near them.

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem: “A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert on the tracks of my people. It will not be a wind that winnows  or cleanses.

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Lamentations 3:57

Be close at hand when I call to you. You told me not to be afraid.

Ezekiel 18:31

Stop all the rebellious things that you are doing. Get yourselves new hearts and new spirits. Why do you want to die, nation of Israel?

Zechariah 1:3

Tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me, declares the Lord of Armies, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.’

Malachi 3:7

Since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my laws and have not followed them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Armies. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

Matthew 12:33

“Make a tree good, and then its fruit will be good. Or make a tree rotten, and then its fruit will be rotten. A person can recognize a tree by its fruit.

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he was not getting anywhere. Instead, a riot was breaking out. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. He said, “I won’t be guilty of killing this man. Do what you want!”

Acts 15:9

God doesn’t discriminate between Jewish and non-Jewish people. He has cleansed non-Jewish people through faith as he has cleansed us Jews.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, dear friends, we need to cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit and live a holy life in the fear of God.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want men to offer prayers everywhere. They should raise their hands in prayer after putting aside their anger and any quarrels they have with anyone.

Hebrews 10:22

We have been sprinkled ⌞with his blood⌟ to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come ⌞to him⌟ with a sincere heart and strong faith.

Hebrews 7:19

Moses’ Teachings couldn’t accomplish everything that God required. But we have something else that gives us greater confidence and allows us to approach God.

James 1:8

A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can’t make up his mind about anything.

James 3:17

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure. Then it is peaceful, gentle, obedient, filled with mercy and good deeds, impartial, and sincere.

1 Peter 1:22

Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which is like that water, now saves you. Baptism doesn’t save by removing dirt from the body. Rather, baptism is a request to God for a clear conscience. It saves you through Jesus Christ, who came back from death to life.

1 John 3:3

So all people who have this confidence in Christ keep themselves pure, as Christ is pure.

1 Samuel 14:35

Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.