Isaiah 1:16

New Century Version

Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. Stop doing the evil things I see you do. Stop doing wrong.

Cross References

1 Peter 3:11

He must stop doing evil and do good. He must look for peace and work for it.

1 Peter 2:1

So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God, so we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes body or soul unclean. We should try to become holy in the way we live, because we respect God.

James 4:8

Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “You know, sir.” And the elder said to me, “These are the people who have come out of the great distress. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, clean the evil from your hearts so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Matthew 3:8

Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives.

Isaiah 52:11

You people, leave, leave; get out of Babylon! Touch nothing that is unclean. You men who carry the Lord’s things used in worship, leave there and make yourselves pure.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show I am innocent, and I come to your altar, Lord.

Romans 12:9

Your love must be real. Hate what is evil, and hold on to what is good.

Acts 22:16

Now, why wait any longer? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, trusting in him to save you.’

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

Jeremiah 25:5

Those prophets have said, “Stop your evil ways. Stop doing what is wrong so you can stay in the land that the Lord gave to you and your ancestors to live in forever.

Psalm 37:27

Stop doing evil and do good, so you will live forever.

Psalm 34:14

Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it.

Psalm 51:2

Wash away all my guilt and make me clean again.

Proverbs 4:27

Don’t turn off the road of goodness; keep away from evil paths.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.

Jeremiah 18:11

“So, say this to the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am preparing disaster for you and making plans against you. So stop doing evil. Change your ways and do what is right.’

Jeremiah 26:3

Maybe they will listen and stop their evil ways. If they will, I will change my mind about bringing on them the disaster that I am planning because of the evil they have done.

Jeremiah 35:15

I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, “Each of you must stop doing evil. You must change and be good. Do not follow other gods to serve them. If you obey me, you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not listened to me or paid attention to my message.

Jonah 3:8

But every person and animal should be covered with rough cloth, and people should cry loudly to God. Everyone must turn away from evil living and stop doing harm all the time.

Zechariah 7:7

The Lord used the earlier prophets to say the same thing, when Jerusalem and the surrounding towns were at peace and wealthy, and people lived in the southern area and the western hills.’ ”

Zechariah 13:1

“At that time a fountain will be open for David’s descendants and for the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them of their sin and uncleanness.”

2 Kings 17:13

The Lord used every prophet and seer to warn Israel and Judah. He said, “Stop your evil ways and obey my commands and laws. Follow all the teachings that I commanded your ancestors, the teachings that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”