Isaiah 1:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Cross References

Job 9:33

There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon 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 thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 3:13

The Lord has taken his place to contend, he stands to judge his people.

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 up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Isaiah 55:7

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

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

Ezekiel 18:27

Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his life.

Ezekiel 33:16

None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right, he shall surely live.

Micah 6:2

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

Acts 17:2

And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,

Acts 18:4

And he argued in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Acts 24:25

And as he argued about justice and self-control and future judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity I will summon you.”

Romans 5:20

Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Revelation 7:14

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

1 Samuel 12:7

Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the saving deeds of the Lord which he performed for you and for your fathers.