James 4:8

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilt

Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I wil

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will retur

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within yo

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new sp

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will no

Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit,

But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LO

And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full o

Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fr

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one

Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wicke

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blow

If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed hi

Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.