Isaiah 1:16

God's Word

“Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:13

The Lord had warned Israel and Judah through every kind of prophet and seer, “Turn from your evil ways, and obey my commands and decrees as I commanded your ancestors in all my teachings, the commands I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 34:14

Turn away from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it!

Psalm 37:27

Avoid evil, do good, and live forever.

Psalm 51:2

Wash me thoroughly from my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to the Lord than offering a sacrifice.

Proverbs 4:27

Do not lean to the right or to the left. Walk away from evil.

Isaiah 52:11

Run away! Run away! Get away from there! Do not touch anything unclean. Get away from it! Make yourselves pure, you Levites who carry the utensils for the Lord’s temple.

Jeremiah 18:11

“Now say to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I’m going to prepare a disaster and make plans against you. Turn from your evil ways, change your lives, and do good.’

Jeremiah 25:5

The prophets said, ‘Turn from your evil ways and the evil you have done, and live in the land that the Lord permanently gave to you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 26:3

Maybe they’ll listen, and they’ll turn from their evil ways. Then I’ll change my plan about the disaster I intend to bring on them because of the evil they have done.”

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again. They said, “Turn from your evil ways, do what is right, and don’t follow other gods in order to serve them. Then you will live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.” However, you refused to listen to me or obey me.

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good. Then you will be able to have justice in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of Armies will have pity on the faithful few of Joseph.

Jonah 3:8

Every person and animal must put on sackcloth. Cry loudly to God for help. Turn from your wicked ways and your acts of violence.

Zechariah 13:1

⌞The Lord declares,⌟ “On that day a fountain will be opened for David’s family and for those who live in Jerusalem to wash away ⌞their⌟ sin and stain.

Zechariah 7:7

Aren’t these the same words that the Lord announced through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding cities were inhabited and undisturbed and the Negev and the foothills were still inhabited?’ ”

Matthew 3:8

Do those things that prove you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act.

Acts 22:16

What are you waiting for now? Get up! Be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.’

Romans 12:9

Love sincerely. Hate evil. Hold on to what is good.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, dear friends, we need to cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit and live a holy life in the fear of God.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.

1 Peter 2:1

So get rid of every kind of evil, every kind of deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.

1 Peter 3:11

They must turn away from evil and do good. They must seek peace and pursue it.

Revelation 7:14

I answered him, “Sir, you know.” Then he told me, “These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.