James 4:8

Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Range yourselves, therefore, under God, but withstand the adversary, and he will flee from you:

9Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;

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Cross References

Genesis 18:23So then Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous with the lawless?

2 Chronicles 15:2So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin,—Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Job 16:17Though no violence was in my hands, and, my prayer, was pure.

Psalms 18:20Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me;

Psalms 26:6I will bathe, in pureness, my hands,—so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;

Psalms 51:10A pure heart, create for me, O God, And, a steadfast spirit, renew within me.

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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