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James 4:8 KJV
James · chapter 4 · verse 8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.James 4:8 · King James Version
James 4:8 in context
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 145:18
- Hebrews 10:22
- Malachi 3:7
- Zechariah 1:3
- Isaiah 55:6-7
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
- Jeremiah 4:14
- Hosea 6:1-2
Key words (Strong's)
- Cleansekatharizōto make clean, cleanse, from physical stains and dirt, utensils, food, a leper, to…G2511 →
- sinnershamartōlosdevoted to sin, a sinner, not free from sin, pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked, all…G268 →
- purifyhagnizōceremonially, to make pure, purify, cleanse, morallyG48 →
- heartskardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- nighengizōto bring near, to join one thing to another, to draw or come near to, to approachG1448 →
Topics
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The former chapter speaks of envying one another, as the great spring of strifes and contentions; this chapter speaks of a lust after worldly things, and a setting too great a value upon worldly pleasures and friendships, as that which carried their divisions to a shameful height. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10