Jeremiah 4:14

Easy To Read Version

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil\par from your hearts.\par Make your hearts pure so you can be saved.\par Don’t continue making evil plans.\par

Cross References

Psalm 119:113

Lord, I hate people who are not\par completely loyal to you.\par But I love your teachings.\par

Psalm 51:2

God, scrub away my guilt.\par Wash away my sins,\par Make me clean again!\par

Psalm 66:18

My heart was pure,\par so my Master listened to me.\par

Proverbs 1:22

“You are foolish people. How long will you continue doing foolish things? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you continue to hate knowledge?

Isaiah 55:7

Evil people should stop living evil lives.\par They should stop thinking bad thoughts.\par They should come to the Lord again.\par Then the Lord will comfort them.\par Those people should come to the Lord\par because our God forgives.\par

Jeremiah 13:27

I saw the terrible things you did. {\cf2\super [117]} \par I saw you laughing\par and having sex with your lovers.\par I know about your plans\par to be like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [118]} \par I have seen you on the hills\par and in the fields.\par It will be very bad for you, Jerusalem.\par I wonder how long you will continue doing\par your dirty sins.”\par

Jeremiah 17:1

“The sins of the people of Judah\par are written down in a place where they can’t be erased.\par Those sins were cut into stone\par with an iron pen.\par Their sins were cut into stone\par with a diamond tipped pen. {\cf2\super [134]} \par And that stone is their heart.\par Those sins were cut\par into the horns of their altars. {\cf2\super [135]} \par

Jeremiah 18:11

“So, Jeremiah, say to the people of Judah and the people that live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am preparing troubles for you right now. I am making plans against you. So stop doing the evil things that you are doing. Each person must change and start doing good things!’

Jeremiah 2:22

Even if you wash yourself with lye, {\cf2\super [12]} \par even if you use much soap,\par I can still see your guilt.”\par This message was from the Lord God.\par

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear this, people of the earth.\par I am going to bring disaster\par to the people of Judah.\par Why? Because of all the bad things\par that those people planned.\par And because they ignored my messages.\par Those people refused to obey my law.”\par

Zechariah 8:17

Don’t make secret plans to hurt your neighbors! Don’t make false promises! You must not enjoy doing those things. Why? Because I hate those things!” The Lord said these things.

Matthew 12:33

“If you want good fruit, you must make the tree good. If your tree is not good then it will have bad fruit. A tree is known by the kind of fruit it makes.

Luke 11:39

The Lord (Jesus) said to him, “You Pharisees \{think that washing the outside of the body is so important. That’s like\} cleaning only the outside of a cup or a dish! \{The inside is more important.\} And what is inside you? You want only to cheat and hurt people.

John 13:9

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, after you wash my feet, wash my hands and my head too!”

Acts 8:22

Change your heart! Turn away from this bad thing you have done. Pray to the Lord (God). Maybe he will forgive you for thinking this.

Romans 1:21

People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.

1 Corinthians 3:20

The Scriptures also say, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise people. He knows that their thoughts are worth nothing.” {\cf2\super [23]}

James 4:8

Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.