Verse 8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
  • Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Mal 3:7 : 7 ¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Hos 6:1-2 : 1 ¶ Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
  • Ps 51:6-7 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 ¶ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 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 the LORD 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.
  • Jas 1:8 : 8 A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 ¶ The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lord said unto him, ‹Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.› 40 [Ye] ‹fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?›
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 ¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 ‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.› 26 [Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 ‹Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by› [his] ‹fruit.›
  • Matt 15:2 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
  • Gen 18:23 : 23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
  • Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
  • Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Jer 4:11 : 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 ¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined [unto them] shall fall by the sword.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 ¶ I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
  • Ps 18:20 : 20 ¶ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
  • Job 9:30 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
  • Job 16:17 : 17 ¶ Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].