Isaiah 55:7

Modern English Version

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was continually only evil.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you all seek Him, He will be found with you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 15:4

but when in their trouble they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

2 Chronicles 30:6

So couriers ran throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, as the king had commanded, which read: “Sons of Israel, return to the Lord of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel that He might turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the king of Assyria.

2 Chronicles 33:13

And he prayed to God, and He was moved and responded to his plea and returned him to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

2 Chronicles 7:14

if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Job 22:23

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; you will put away iniquity far from your tents.

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 66:18

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me;

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. Then the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman says, “The morning comes and also the night. If you would inquire, inquire; return again.”

Isaiah 31:6

Turn to Him whom you have deeply betrayed, O sons of Israel.

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the rogue are evil; he devises wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been pardoned, that she has received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and your sins, as a cloud. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains may be removed, and the hills may shake, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:8

In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says the Lord your Redeemer.

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke?

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Jeremiah 3:14

Return, O backsliding sons, says the Lord, for I am married to you. And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. And you had a harlot’s forehead; you refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

Lamentations 3:40

Let us search and try our ways, and return to the Lord!

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Jonah 3:10

When God saw their actions, that they turned from their evil ways, He changed His mind about the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

Zechariah 8:17

Let none of you consider evil plans in your heart against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, says the Lord.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, murder,

Mark 7:23

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

Luke 15:10

Likewise, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:24

For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to be merry.

Luke 7:47

Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.”

Acts 26:20

but declared first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do works proving their repentance.

Acts 3:19

Therefore repent and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

James 1:15

Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and when sin is finished, it brings forth death.