James 4:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded.

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  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 which wente forth to Asa, and sayde vnto him: Heare me Asa and all Iuda & Ben Iamin: The LORDE is with you, whyle ye are with him: and yf ye seke him, he wylbe founde of you. But yf ye forsake him, he shal forsake you also.
  • Zech 1:3 : 3 And saye thou vnto them: thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes. Turne you vnto me (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) and I wil turne me vnto you, saieth the LORDE of hoostes.
  • Mal 3:7 : 7 ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauces, & sens ye tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them. Turne you now vnto me, and I wil turne me vnto you, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. Ye saye: Wherin shal we turne?
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him, yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seke the LORDE while he maye be founde, call vpo him while he is nye. 7 Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad the vnrightuous his ymaginacios, & turne agayne vnto the LORDE, so shal he be merciful vnto him: and to oure God, for he is redy to forgeue.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith, sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience, and washed in oure bodies with pure water:
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 Though ye holde out yor hondes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet heare I nothinge at all, for youre hondes are full of bloude. 16 Wash you, make you clene, put awaye yor euell thoughtes out of my sight, cease from doinge of euell and violence.
  • Hos 6:1-2 : 1 In their aduersite they shall seke me, and saye: come, let vs turne agayne to the LORDE: for he hath smytten vs, and he shal heale vs: 2 He hath wounded vs, & he shal bynde vs vp agayne: after two dayes shal he quycken vs, in the thirde daye he shal rase vs vp, so that we shal lyue in his sight.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And euery man yt hath this hope in him, pourgeth him selfe, euen as he is pure.
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 For the lawe made nothinge perfecte, but was an introduccion of a better hope, by ye which hope we drawe nye vnto God.
  • Ps 51:6-7 : 6 But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the treuth, and hast shewed me secrete wy?dome. 7 O reconcile me with Isope, and I shal be clene: wash thou me, and I shalbe whyter then snowe.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou my sonne Salomo, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with all thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule: for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and vnderstondeth all thoughtes & ymaginacions Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him: but yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for euer.
  • Jas 1:8 : 8 A wauerynge mynded ma ys vnstable in all his waies.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 Which signifieth baptyme yt now saueth vs: not ye puttinge awaye of the fylth of the flesh, but in yt a good cosciece cosenteth vnto God by ye resurreccion of Iesus Christ,
  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse. 40 Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, because the outsyde is clensed?
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 & put no dyfference betwixte vs & them, and purified their hertes thorow fayth.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Seynge now that we haue soch promyses (dearly beloued) let vs clense oureselues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God.
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake of all thy workes.
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse. 26 Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE: For so moch as this people draweth nye me wt their mourh, and prayseth me highly with their lippes (where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me, and the feare which they owe vnto me, that turne they to mens lawes and doctrynes)
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 Either make the tre good and his frute good also, or els make the tre euel & his frute euel also. For the tre is knowne by the frute.
  • Matt 15:2 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgresse ye tradicions of the elders? for they wash not their hodes whan they eate bred.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I wil therfore that men praye in all places, liftinge vp pure hades without wrath or dowtynge.
  • Gen 18:23 : 23 and stepte vnto him, and sayde:Wilt thou then destroye the righteous with the vngodly?
  • Job 17:9 : 9 The rightuous wil kepe his waye, and he yt hath cleane handes, wil euer be stronger & stronger.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 Eue he yt hath innocet hodes & a clene herte: which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite, & sweareth not to disceaue.
  • Jer 4:11 : 11 Then shal it be saide to the people & to Ierusalem: there commeth a warme wynde from the north thorow the waye of my people, but nether to fanne, ner to clese.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Ierusalem, wash thine hert from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped. How longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the?
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast awaye fro you all youre vngodlynesse, that ye haue done: make you new hertes and a new sprete. Wherfore wil ye dye, O ye house of Israel?
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 Then will I poure cleare water vpon you, & ye shalbe clene: Yee from all youre vnclennesse and from all yor Idols shal I clense you. 26 A new herte also wil I geue you, and a new sprete wil I put in to you: As for that stony hert, I will take it out of youre body, and geue you a fle?shy herte. 27 I wil geue you my sprete amonge you, and cause you to walke in my commaundemetes, to kepe my lawes, and to fulfill them.
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Make me a clene hert (o God) and renue a right sprete within me.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency?
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Who so is founde alone, shalbe shot thorow: And who so gather together, shalbe destroyed wt the swerde.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I wa?she my hondes with innocency O LORDE, and so go I to thine aulter.
  • Ps 18:20 : 20 The LORDE shall rewarde me after my rightuous dealynge, & acordinge to the clenesse of my hodes shal he recopense me.
  • Job 9:30 : 30 Though I wasshed my self with snowe water, and made myne hondes neuer so clene,
  • Job 16:17 : 17 Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my hondes, and my prayer is clene.
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 So whan Pilate sawe, that he coude not helpe, but that there was a greater vproure, he toke water, and wasshed his handes before the people, and sayde: I am vngiltie of ye bloude of this righteous man. Se ye therto.

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