James 4:8-10

Warning Against Worldliness

⁸ _g Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. _h Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and _i purify your hearts, _j you double-minded. ⁹ _k Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰ _l Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

1. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 15:2
   And 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 forsake him, he will forsake you.
   Lamentations 3:57
   You came near when I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear!
   Zechariah 1:3
   Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
   Malachi 3:7
   From the days of your fathers 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?
   Luke 15:20
   And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:16
   Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 4:14
   O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
   
4. Cross References
   James 1:8
   He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
   
5. Cross References
   Matthew 5:4
   Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
   
6. Cross References
   James 4:6
   But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
   Isaiah 57:15
   For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
   Luke 1:52
   He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate.
   Matthew 23:12
   Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.