James 4:8
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8 (A)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and (C)purify your hearts, (D)you double-minded.
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Psalm 145:18
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Malachi 3:7
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7 (A)From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. (B)Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. (C)But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
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Zechariah 1:3
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3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: (A)Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and (B)I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
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Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts (A)sprinkled clean (B)from an evil conscience and our bodies (C)washed with pure water.
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2 Chronicles 15:2
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2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: (A)The Lord is with you while you are with him. (B)If you seek him, he will be found by you, (C)but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
1 John 3:3
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3 And everyone who (A)thus hopes in him (B)purifies himself as he is pure.
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Hosea 6:1-2
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Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant
6 “Come, let us (A)return to the Lord;
for (B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and (C)he will bind us up.
2 After two days (D)he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Psalm 51:6-7
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6 Behold, you delight in truth in (A)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you (E)a new heart, and (F)a new spirit I will put within you. (G)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 (H)And I will put my Spirit within you, (I)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (J)be careful to obey my rules.[a]
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- Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees
Hebrews 7:19
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19 (for (A)the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, (B)a better hope is introduced, through which (C)we draw near to God.
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Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
Isaiah 1:15-16
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Since we have these promises, beloved, (A)let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Greek flesh
Ezekiel 18:31
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31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (B)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (C)Why will you die, O house of Israel?
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Psalm 51:10
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- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
Psalm 73:28
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28 But for me it is good to (A)be near God;
I have made the Lord God my (B)refuge,
that I may (C)tell of all your works.
1 Peter 3:21
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21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, (A)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but (B)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, (C)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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1 Chronicles 28:9
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David's Charge to Solomon
9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
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Matthew 23:25-26
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Matthew 12:33
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A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit
33 (A)“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, (B)for the tree is known by its fruit.
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1 Peter 1:22
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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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James 1:8
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8 (A)he is a double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.
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1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I desire then that (A)in every place the men should pray, (B)lifting (C)holy hands without anger or quarreling;
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