James 4:8

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.

Cross References

Psalm 145:18

Jehovah is near to all calling upon him, to all who shall call upon him in truth.

Hebrews 10:22

Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Malachi 3:7

For from the days of your fathers ye departed from my laws, and ye watched not. Turn back to me and I will turn back to you, said Jehovah of armies. And ye said, In what shall we turn back?

Zechariah 1:3

And thou saidst to them, Thus said Jehovah of armies: Turn back to me, says Jehovah of armies, and I will turn back to you, said Jehovah of armies.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he will go forth before Asa, and say to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah is with you in your being with him; and if ye will seek him he will be found to you; and if ye will forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash from evil to thy heart so that thou shalt be saved. How long shall purposes of thy vanity lodge in the midst of thee?

1 John 3:3

And every one having this hope in him purifies himself, as he himself is pure.

Psalm 51:10

Create for me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit in my midst,

Hebrews 7:19

(For the law completed nothing,) but the bringing in of a better hope; by which we draw near to God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore having these declarations, dearly let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions which ye transgressed against me, and make to you a new heart and a new spirit: and wherefore will ye die, O house of Israel?

Psalm 73:28

And I drawing near to God, it is good for me: I put in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, to recount all thy works.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, O Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing soul: for Jehovah searched all hearts, and he understands every formation of the thoughts: if thou shalt seek him he will be found to thee, and if thou wilt forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

1 Peter 3:21

By which also the figure, immersion, now saves us (not by laying aside of the filth of the flesh, but the question of a good. consciousness toward God,) by the rising up of Jesus Christ:

Job 17:9

And the just shall hold on his way, and the clean one of hands shall add strength.

Matthew 12:33

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

1 Timothy 2:8

I will therefore men shall pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without anger and reasoning.

Isaiah 29:13

And Jehovah will say, Because that this people drew near with their month, and honored me with their lips, and their heart was far from me, and their fear towards me shall be taught from the command of men.

Psalm 24:4

The blameless one of hands and the clean of heart; who lifted not up his soul to vanity, and swore not for deceit

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls in the hearing of the truth by the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, out of pure hearts love ye one another cordially:

Psalm 18:20

Jehovah will recompense me according to my justice, according to the cleanness of my hands he will turn back to me.

James 1:8

A man divided in opinion unsteady in all his ways.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in cleanness, and I will surround thine altar, O Jehovah:

Acts 15:9

And separated nothing between us and also them, by faith having purified their hearts.

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham will draw near, and will say, Wilt thou also destroy the just with the wicked

Job 16:17

Not for violence in my hands: and my prayer is clean.

Matthew 15:2

Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Jeremiah 4:11

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A clear wind of the naked hills in the desert the way of the daughter of my people, not for winnowing, and not for separating.

Job 9:30

If I washed myself in snow-water, and cleansed my hands clean;

Isaiah 13:15

All being found shall be thrust through; and every one scraped together shall fall by the sword.

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain I cleansed my heart, and I will wash my hands in cleanness.

Matthew 27:24

And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.

1 Samuel 14:35

And Saul will build an altar to Jehovah: this altar he began to build to Jehovah.

Psalm 119:113

I hated dividings, and I loved thy law.

Isaiah 58:2

And day, day, they will seek me, and delight to know my way as a nation who did justice and forsook not the judgment of his God: they will ask me the judgments of justice, they will delight to draw near to Gad.

James 3:17

And the wisdom from above is truly first pure, then peaceful, decorous, docile, full of mercy and good fruits, not separated, and unfeigned.

Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near in the day I shall call thee: thou saidst, Thou shalt not fear.