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James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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James 4:8 has 39 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 35 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 145:18 (144 votes) and Hebrews 10:22 (109 votes). 80 other verses point back to it. It links with 37 other books, from Genesis 18 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does James 4:8 point to?

The 20 strongest of 39, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 145:18144 votes

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

  2. Hebrews 10:22109 votes

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

  3. Malachi 3:792 votes

    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

  4. Zechariah 1:385 votes

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

  5. Isaiah 55:6–781 votes

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

  6. 2 Chronicles 15:257 votes

    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 are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

  7. Hosea 6:1–239 votes

    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 up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

  8. Jeremiah 4:1438 votes

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

  9. Ezekiel 36:25–2735 votes

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. …

  10. Psalm 51:6–734 votes

    Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

  11. 1 John 3:333 votes
  12. Psalm 51:1031 votes
  13. Hebrews 7:1925 votes
  14. Ezekiel 18:3123 votes
  15. Isaiah 1:15–1622 votes
  16. 2 Corinthians 7:122 votes
  17. Psalm 73:2821 votes
  18. 1 Chronicles 28:918 votes
  19. Job 17:916 votes
  20. 1 Peter 3:2116 votes

Which verses point to James 4:8?

The 10 strongest of 80.