James 4:7-8

Warning Against Worldliness

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. _f Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 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.

1. Cross References
   1 Peter 5:8 - 9
   Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
   Ephesians 4:27
   And give no opportunity to the devil.
   Ephesians 6:11
   Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
   
2. 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.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:16
   Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil.
   
4. 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?
   
5. Cross References
   James 1:8
   He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.