James 4:8

New King James Version

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Cross References

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Job 16:17

Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,

Psalm 119:113

I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law.

Psalm 145:18

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

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 73:13

Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, And washed my hands in innocence.

Psalm 73:28

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.

Isaiah 13:15

Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

Isaiah 29:13

Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God.

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said To this people and to Jerusalem, “A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness Toward the daughter of My people— Not to fan or to cleanse—

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Lamentations 3:57

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

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?

Zechariah 1:3

Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Return to Me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:7

Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the Lord of hosts. “But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’

Matthew 12:33

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.”

Acts 15:9

and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 7:19

for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

James 1:8

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

1 Peter 1:22

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

1 Peter 3:21

There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1 Samuel 14:35

Then Saul built an altar to the Lord. This was the first altar that he built to the Lord.