James 4:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds.

Cross References

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Hebrews 10:22

let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

Malachi 3:7

Since the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, that I may return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, “Why should we return?”

Zechariah 1:3

Say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return to me—oracle of the Lord of hosts—and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Jeremiah 4:14

Cleanse your heart of evil, Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will you entertain wicked schemes?

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure. Avoiding Sin.

Psalm 51:10

You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice.

Hebrews 7:19

for the law brought nothing to perfection; on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

Psalm 73:28

As for me, to be near God is my good, to make the Lord God my refuge. I shall declare all your works in the gates of daughter Zion.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Peter 3:21

This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Job 17:9

The righteous holds to his way, the one with clean hands increases in strength.

Matthew 12:33

“Either declare the tree good and its fruit is good, or declare the tree rotten and its fruit is rotten, for a tree is known by its fruit.

1 Timothy 2:8

It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said: Since this people draws near with words only and honors me with their lips alone, though their hearts are far from me, And fear of me has become mere precept of human teaching,

Psalm 24:4

“The clean of hand and pure of heart, who has not given his soul to useless things, what is vain.

1 Peter 1:22

Since you have purified yourselves by obedience to the truth for sincere mutual love, love one another intensely from a [pure] heart.

Psalm 18:20

He set me free in the open; he rescued me because he loves me.

James 1:8

since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence so that I may process around your altar, Lord,

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts.

Genesis 18:23

Then Abraham drew near and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Job 16:17

Although my hands are free from violence, and my prayer sincere.

Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash [their] hands when they eat a meal.”

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A scorching wind from the bare heights comes through the wilderness toward my daughter, the people. Not to winnow, not to cleanse,

Job 9:30

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

Isaiah 13:15

Everyone who is taken shall be run through; and everyone who is caught shall fall by the sword.

Psalm 73:13

Is it in vain that I have kept my heart pure, washed my hands in innocence?

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. Look to it yourselves.”

1 Samuel 14:35

and Saul built an altar to the Lord—this was the first time he built an altar to the Lord. Jonathan in Danger of Death.

Psalm 119:113

I hate every hypocrite; your law I love.

Isaiah 58:2

They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned the judgment of their God; They ask of me just judgments, they desire to draw near to God.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.

Lamentations 3:57

You drew near on the day I called you; you said, “Do not fear!”