James 4:8

6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
KJV
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
WEB
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
ASV
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
DARBY
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.
BLB
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you⁺. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify hearts, [you] double-souled.
ÅB
hold dere nær til Gud, og han skal holde seg nær til dere! Vask hendene, dere syndere, og rens hjertene, dere tvesinnede!
OTB
Kom nær til Gud, og Han vil komme nær til dere. Rens hendene, dere syndere, og rens hjertene, dere tvesinnede.
B1930
hold eder nær til Gud, og han skal holde sig nær til eder! Tvett hendene, I syndere, og rens hjertene, I tvesinnede!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 145:18

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

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  • Hebrews 10:22

    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.

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  • Malachi 3:7

    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?’

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  • Zechariah 1:3

    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.’

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  • Isaiah 55:6–7

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

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:2

    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.

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  • Hosea 6:1–2

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 4:14

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

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