James 4:8

The English Standar 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

Psalm 145:18

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Hebrews 10:22

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

Malachi 3:7

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?'

Zechariah 1:3

Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.

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.

Jeremiah 4:14

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

1 John 3:3

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right[2] spirit within me.

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); but 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 body[1] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

Psalm 73:28

But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

1 Chronicles 28:9

"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Matthew 12:33

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Psalm 18:20

The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

James 1:8

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

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD,

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.

Genesis 18:23

Then Abraham drew near and said, "Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Job 16:17

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Matthew 15:2

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."

Jeremiah 4:11

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,

Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Isaiah 13:15

Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

Psalm 73:13

All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

Matthew 27:24

So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood;[2] see to it yourselves."

1 Samuel 14:35

And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

Psalm 119:113

I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.

Isaiah 58:2

Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Lamentations 3:57

You came near when I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear!'