James 4:8

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Summary

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

Draw nigh to god

Ye double

James 1:8

General references

Leviticus 15:5

James 1:8

Bible References

Draw nigh to god

And Abraham drew near [to Yahweh] and said, "Will you also sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for Yahweh searches all hearts and understands every plan and [all] thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.

And he went out before Asa and said to him, "Hear me, O Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh [is] with you while you are with him. And if you will seek him he will be found by you. But if you forsake him he will forsake you.

But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.

Yahweh [is] near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Come, let us return to Yahweh; because [it is] he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us down and will bind us up.

You must say to them: 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Return to me," {declares} Yahweh of hosts, "and I will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts.

From the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my rules, and have not kept [them]! Return to me and I will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts, "but you say, 'How shall we return?'

(for the law [made] nothing perfect), but on the other hand [there is] the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God.

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

Ye double

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

General references

And anyone who touches his bed must wash his garments and shall wash [himself] with water, and he shall be unclean until evening.

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