Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
For why
Bible References
Make
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 23:26
Blind Pharisee! first clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean as well.
Acts 3:19
Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,
Romans 8:13
If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.
Romans 12:2
Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.
James 4:8
draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
1 Peter 1:22
Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.
For why
Acts 13:46
So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!