And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
James 4:8 - American Standard Version 2015 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Come close to God and He will come close to you. [Recognize that you are] sinners, get your soiled hands clean; [realize that you have been disloyal] wavering individuals with divided interests, and purify your hearts [of your spiritual adultery]. American Standard Version (1901) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. Common English Bible Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. Catholic Public Domain Version Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners! And purify your hearts, you duplicitous souls! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded. |
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Although there is no violence in my hands,\par\tab And my prayer is pure.\par
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way,\par\tab And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
If I wash myself with snow water,\par\tab And make my hands never so clean;
{\b SAMEKH.}\par\par\tab I hate them that are of a double mind;\par\tab But thy law do I love.
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,\par\tab To all that call upon him in truth.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;\par\tab According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;\par\tab Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood,\par\tab And hath not sworn deceitfully.
I will wash my hands in innocency:\par\tab So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
Create in me a clean heart, O God;\par\tab And renew a right spirit within me.
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,\par\tab And washed my hands in innocency;
But it is good for me to draw near unto God:\par\tab I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge,\par\tab That I may tell of all thy works.\par
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh {\i unto me}, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught {\i them};
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of this blood; see ye {\i to it}.
and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.\par
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from a pure heart fervently:
which also after a true likeness doth now save you, {\i even} baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
And every one that hath this hope {\i set} on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
And Saul built an altar unto Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built unto Jehovah.