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James 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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2 Chron. 15:2• ²And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you. (2 Chron. 15:2)

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Isa. 1:16• ¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;--cease to do evil, (Isa. 1:16)

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Draw nigh to God.

Gen. 18:23• ²³And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked? (Gen. 18:23)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever. (1 Chron. 28:9)

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2 Chron. 15:2• ²And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you. (2 Chron. 15:2)

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Psa. 73:28• ²⁸But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works. (Psa. 73:28)

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Psa. 145:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth. (Psa. 145:18)

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Isa. 29:13• ¹³And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men; (Isa. 29:13)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)

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Hos. 6:1‑2• ¹Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
²After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face; (Hos. 6:1‑2)

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Zech. 1:3• ³And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 1:3)

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Mal. 3:7• ⁷Since the days of your fathers have ye departed from my statutes, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return? (Mal. 3:7)

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Heb. 7:19• ¹⁹(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God. (Heb. 7:19)

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Heb. 10:22• ²²let us approach with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, sprinkled as to our hearts from a wicked conscience, and washed as to our body with pure water. (Heb. 10:22)

Cleanse.

Job 9:30• ³⁰If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity, (Job 9:30)

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Job 16:17• ¹⁷Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. (Job 16:17)

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Job 17:9• ⁹But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength. (Job 17:9)

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Psa. 18:20• ²⁰Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. (Psa. 18:20)

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Psa. 24:4• ⁴He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully: (Psa. 24:4)

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Psa. 26:6• ⁶I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah, (Psa. 26:6)

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Psa. 73:13• ¹³Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: (Psa. 73:13)

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Isa. 1:15‑16• ¹⁵And 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.
¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;--cease to do evil, (Isa. 1:15‑16)

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Isa. 13:15• ¹⁵All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league with them shall fall by the sword. (Isa. 13:15)

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Matt. 15:2• ²Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. (Matt. 15:2)

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Matt. 27:24• ²⁴And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see *ye* to it. (Matt. 27:24)

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1 Tim. 2:8• ⁸I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning. (1 Tim. 2:8)

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1 Peter 3:21• ²¹which figure also now saves you, even baptism, not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the demand as before God of a good conscience, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, (1 Peter 3:21)

purity.

Psa. 51:6‑7,10• ⁶Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psa. 51:6‑7,10)

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Jer. 4:11• ¹¹At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind cometh from the heights in the wilderness, on the way of the daughter of my people, not for fanning, nor for cleansing. (Jer. 4:11)

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Ezek. 18:31• ³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel? (Ezek. 18:31)

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Ezek. 36:25‑27• ²⁵And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you.
²⁶And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
²⁷And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances, and ye shall do them. (Ezek. 36:25‑27)

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Matt. 12:33• ³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known. (Matt. 12:33)

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Matt. 23:25‑26• ²⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
²⁶Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. (Matt. 23:25‑26)

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Luke 11:39‑40• ³⁹But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:39‑40)

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Acts 15:9• ⁹and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith. (Acts 15:9)

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2 Cor. 7:1• ¹Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. (2 Cor. 7:1)

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1 Peter 1:22• ²²Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently; (1 Peter 1:22)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure. (1 John 3:3)

ye double.

James 1:8• ⁸he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (James 1:8)

• The devil resisted has to flee, leaving the soul free to draw nigh to God, to find that He is very nigh to us. (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• "Cleanse your hands." If we are to draw nigh to God, we must judge every act unsuited to His holy presence, not putting our hands to anything that defiles. (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• The heart is the seat of the Christian's affections. These need to be purged of every object not compatible with God's will. (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• First, humility {v.6}. Then, submission to God, which entails resistance as regards the devil {v.7}. Third, drawing near to God. (“James 3” by F.B. Hole)

• In His grace He took the initiative and drew near to us, when we cared nothing for Him. From that all has flowed. But saved by grace we are brought under the holy government of God, and here we reap as we sow. (“James 3” by F.B. Hole)

• What they needed was to purify themselves not only externally—the “hands”—but internally —the “hearts.” (“James 3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Draw neara to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleansea your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

JND Translation Notes

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"Have it done," not "be doing it"; the aorist tense. All the imperatives (ten) from vers. 7 to 10 are in the aorist.

W. Kelly Translation

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

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See note to 4:7.