Isaiah 55:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let the wicked forsake his way and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord; and he will have mercy on him: and to our God, for he is bountiful to forgive.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:13

He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

Luke 15:10

So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not.

Isaiah 43:25

I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake: and I will not remember thy sins.

2 Chronicles 7:14

And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.

Acts 3:19

Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved. How long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel?

Matthew 9:13

Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

Acts 26:20

But to them first that are at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance, and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance.

Luke 15:24

Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Luke 7:47

Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less.

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved, said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven. She hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

Mark 7:21

For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Psalm 51:1

Unto the end, understanding for David,

James 1:15

Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.

Isaiah 32:7

The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.

Genesis 6:5

And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

Zechariah 8:17

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoughts. Wasting and destruction are in their ways.

Isaiah 1:19

If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

Isaiah 14:1

HER time is near at hand, and her days shall not be prolonged. For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose out of Israel, and will make them rest upon their own ground. And the stranger shall be joined with them, and shall adhere to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 31:6

Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

Isaiah 54:8

In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from thee: but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer.

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? Loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress. Let them that are broken go free: and break asunder every burden.

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Be converted and depart from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:4

And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.

2 Chronicles 30:6

And the posts went with letters by commandment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming according to the king's orders: Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel. And he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

2 Chronicles 33:13

And he entreated him, and besought him earnestly. And he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. And Manasses knew that the Lord was God.

Job 22:23

If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman said: The morning cometh, also the night. If you seek, seek: return, come.

Jeremiah 3:14

Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.

Lamentations 3:40

Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek and return to the Lord.