James 4:8 Cross References

James 4:8

8: Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you hypocrites.

Psalms 145:18

  1. The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely.

Malachi 3:7

  1. Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my laws and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, `How can we return when we have never gone away?'

Zechariah 1:3

  1. Therefore, say to the people, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty.'

Hebrews 10:22

  1. let us go right into the presence of God, with true hearts fully trusting him. For our evil consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

2 Chronicles 15:2

  1. and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. "Listen to me, Asa!" he shouted. "Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Isaiah 55:6

  1. Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
  2. Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

1 John 3:3

  1. And all who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Christ is pure.

Hosea 6:1

  1. "Come, let us return to the LORD! He has torn us in pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.
  2. In just a short time, he will restore us so we can live in his presence.

Psalms 51:6

  1. But you desire honesty from the heart, so you can teach me to be wise in my inmost being.
  2. Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Ezekiel 36:25

  1. "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.
  2. And I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a new, obedient heart.
  3. And I will put my Spirit in you so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.

Hebrews 7:19

  1. For the law made nothing perfect, and now a better hope has taken its place. And that is how we draw near to God.

Isaiah 1:15

  1. From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.
  2. Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways.

Jeremiah 4:14

  1. O Jerusalem, cleanse your hearts that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?

2 Corinthians 7:1

  1. Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete purity because we fear God.

Ezekiel 18:31

  1. Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?

Psalms 73:28

  1. But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

Psalms 51:10

  1. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

1 Chronicles 28:9

  1. "And Solomon, my son, get to know the God of your ancestors. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and understands and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

Matthew 23:25

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy--full of greed and self-indulgence!
  2. Blind Pharisees! First wash the inside of the cup, and then the outside will become clean, too.

1 Peter 3:21

  1. And this is a picture of baptism, which now saves you by the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Baptism is not a removal of dirt from your body; it is an appeal to God from a clean conscience.

Matthew 12:33

  1. "A tree is identified by its fruit. Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good. Make a tree bad, and its fruit will be bad.

Luke 11:39

  1. Then the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are still filthy--full of greed and wickedness!
  2. Fools! Didn't God make the inside as well as the outside?

Psalms 18:20

  1. The LORD rewarded me for doing right; he compensated me because of my innocence.

Job 17:9

  1. The righteous will move onward and forward, and those with pure hearts will become stronger and stronger.

James 1:8

  1. They can't make up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything they do.

1 Timothy 2:8

  1. So wherever you assemble, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.

Psalms 24:4

  1. Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.

Job 16:17

  1. Yet I am innocent, and my prayer is pure.

Psalms 26:6

  1. I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O LORD,

1 Peter 1:22

  1. Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts.

Isaiah 29:13

  1. And so the Lord says, "These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.

Acts 15:9

  1. He made no distinction between us and them, for he also cleansed their hearts through faith.

Genesis 18:23

  1. Abraham approached him and said, "Will you destroy both innocent and guilty alike?

Matthew 15:2

  1. "Why do your disciples disobey our age-old traditions?" they demanded. "They ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat."

Job 9:30

  1. Even if I were to wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye to make them absolutely clean,

Jeremiah 4:11

  1. The time is coming when the LORD will say to the people of Jerusalem, "A burning wind is blowing in from the desert. It is not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain.

Matthew 27:24

  1. Pilate saw that he wasn't getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. The responsibility is yours!"

Psalms 73:13

  1. Was it for nothing that I kept my heart pure and kept myself from doing wrong?

Isaiah 13:15

  1. Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword.
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