Isaiah 1:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: If your sins are like scarlet, will they become like snow? If they are red like crimson, will they become like wool?

Cross References

Job 9:33

There is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

Psalm 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:9

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Isaiah 3:13

The Lord rises to argue his case; he stands to judge the peoples.

Isaiah 41:1

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment.

Isaiah 41:21

Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 50:8

he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand in court together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me.

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?

Ezekiel 18:27

Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life.

Ezekiel 33:16

None of the sins that they have committed shall be remembered against them; they have done what is lawful and right; they shall surely live.

Micah 6:2

Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Acts 17:2

And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures,

Acts 18:4

Every Sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks.

Acts 24:25

And as he discussed justice, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity, I will send for you.”

Romans 5:20

But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Revelation 7:14

I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

1 Samuel 12:7

Now, therefore, take your stand so that I may enter into judgment with you before the Lord, and I will declare to you all the righteous acts of the Lord that he performed for you and for your ancestors.