James 4:8

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!

Cross References

Psalm 145:18

Near is Yahweh to all who call upon him,—to all them who call upon him in faithfulness.

Hebrews 10:22

Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;

Malachi 3:7

From the days of your fathers, have ye departed from my statutes, and not observed them, Return ye unto me, that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts. And yet ye say, Wherein shall we return?

Zechariah 1:3

therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Return ye unto me, urgeth Yahweh of hosts,—that I may return unto you, saith Yahweh of hosts.

2 Chronicles 15:2

So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin,—Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash from wickedness thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved,—How long, shall lodge within thee thy wicked devices?

1 John 3:3

And, whosoever hath this hope on him, is purifying himself, just as, He, is pure.

Psalm 51:10

A pure heart, create for me, O God, And, a steadfast spirit, renew within me.

Hebrews 7:19

For, the law, perfected, nothing; but there is the superinducing of a better hope,—through which we draw near unto God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore, these, promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast off from you all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,- For why should ye die, O house of Israel?

Psalm 73:28

But, as for me, the drawing near of God, is my blessedness,—I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge,—That I may recount all thy works.

1 Chronicles 28:9

Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,—If thou seek him, He will be found of thee, but, if thou forsake him, He will cast thee off for ever.

1 Peter 3:21

Which water in manner corresponding, doth, now, save, you also—even immersion,—not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request unto God, for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,—

Job 17:9

That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.

Matthew 12:33

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless, and its fruit worthless; for, from the fruit, the tree is known.

1 Timothy 2:8

I am minded, therefore, that—the men in every place be offering prayer, uplifting hands of lovingkindness, apart from anger and disputings;

Isaiah 29:13

Wherefore My Lord hath said,—Because this people, hath drawn near with their mouth, And with their lips, have honoured me, But their heart, have they moved far from me, And so their reverence of me hath become A commandment of men in which they have been schooled,

Psalm 24:4

The clean of hands, and pure of heart,—who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully,

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly;

Psalm 18:20

Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me;

James 1:8

A two-souled man, unstable in all his ways.

Psalm 26:6

I will bathe, in pureness, my hands,—so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;

Acts 15:9

and made no distinction at all betwixt us and them, by their faith, purifying their hearts.

Genesis 18:23

So then Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous with the lawless?

Job 16:17

Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.

Matthew 15:2

Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands, when they eat bread!

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time, shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem,—The sharp wind of the bare heights in the desert, cometh towards the daughter of my people,—not to winnow nor to cleanse.

Job 9:30

Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,

Isaiah 13:15

Every one found, shall be thrust through,—And, every one taken, shall fall by the sword;

Psalm 73:13

Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;

Matthew 27:24

And Pilate, seeing, that, nothing, it availed, but rather, a tumult, was arising, taking water, washed his hands of it before the multitude, saying—Innocent, am I, of the blood of this man,—Ye, shall see to it for yourselves.

1 Samuel 14:35

And Saul built an altar unto Yahweh,—the same, was the first altar that he built unto Yahweh.

Psalm 119:113

SAMECH. Half-hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet, me—day by day, do they seek, And in the knowledge of my ways, they delight,—Like a nation that had done righteousness, And the justice of their God, had not forsaken They ask of me the just regulations, In approaching God, they delight.

James 3:17

But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

Lamentations 3:57

Thou drewest near, in the day I kept calling on thee, thou saidst, Do not fear!