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Psalms 145:18
The Lord is near to all who call on Him, To all who call on Him in truth.
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Malachi 3:7
“ 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 armies.“ But you say,‘ How shall we return?’
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Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say to them,‘ This is what the Lord of armies says:“ Return to Me,” declares the Lord of armies,“ that I may return to you,” says the Lord of armies.
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Hebrews 10:22
let’s approach God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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2 Chronicles 15 2
and 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. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
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1John 3:3
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Hosea 6:1-2
“ Come, let’s return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
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Ezekiel 36:25-27
Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.
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Psalms 51:6-7
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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Isaiah 1:15-16
So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you offer many prayers, I will not be listening. Your hands are covered with blood.“ Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil,
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Jeremiah 4:14
Wash your heart from evil, Jerusalem, So that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
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Hebrews 7:19
( for the Law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, there is the introduction of a better hope, through which we come near to God.
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Ezekiel 18:31
Hurl away from you all your offenses which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why should you die, house of Israel?
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2 Corinthians 7 1
Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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1 Peter 3 21
Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you— not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience— through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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1 Chronicles 28 9
“ As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
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Matthew 23:25-26
“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self indulgence.You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may also become clean.
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Psalms 73:28
But as for me, the nearness of God is good for me; I have made the Lord God my refuge, So that I may tell of all Your works.
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Matthew 12:33
“ Either assume the tree to be good as well as its fruit good, or assume the tree to be bad as well as its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
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Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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1 Timothy 2 8
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.
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Psalms 24:4
One who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to deceit And has not sworn deceitfully.
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1 Peter 1 22
Since you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from the heart,
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Psalms 18:20
The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
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Isaiah 29:13
Then the Lord said,“ Because this people approaches Me with their words And honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of the commandment of men that is taught;
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Job 17:9
Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And the one who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
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James 1:8
being a double minded man, unstable in all his ways.
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Job 16:17
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
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Psalms 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence, And I will go around Your altar, Lord,
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Luke 11:39-40
But the Lord said to him,“ Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.You foolish ones, did He who made the outside not make the inside also?
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Acts 15:9
and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
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Genesis 18:23
Abraham approached and said,“ Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
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Matthew 15:2
“ Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
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Jeremiah 4:11
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem,“ A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness, in the direction of the daughter of My people— not to winnow and not to cleanse,
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Job 9:30
If I washed myself with snow, And cleansed my hands with lye,
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Isaiah 13:15
Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
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Matthew 27:24
Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying,“ I am innocent of this Man’s blood; you yourselves shall see.”
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Psalms 73:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;