Come near to God

Matthew 23:25 

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

26  Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

Matthew 15:2 

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!”

Matthew 12:33 

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

Hosea 6:1-2 

1 “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

2  After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

Ezekiel 36:25-27 

25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

26  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

27  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

Ezekiel 18:31 

Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel?

Genesis 18:23 

Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Job 16:17 

Yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Job 9:30 

Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda,