James 4:8
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8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A)
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Psalm 145:18
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18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.(A)
Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
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Malachi 3:7
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7 Ever since the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, “How shall we return?”(A)
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Zechariah 1:3
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3 Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(B)
2 Chronicles 15:2
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2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.(A)
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1 John 3:3
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3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
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Hosea 6:1-2
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness
so that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil schemes
lodge within you?(A)
Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(A) 26 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.(B) 27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(C)
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Psalm 51:6-7
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6 You desire truth in the inward being;[a]
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.(A)
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.(B)
Footnotes
- 51.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 51:10
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Footnotes
- 51.10 Or steadfast
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