Isaiah 1:16

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Summary

Isaiah 1:16

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Put away

1 Peter 2:1

Cease

General references

Leviticus 15:5

Leviticus 26:23

Job 9:30

Bible References

Put away

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so they will not be a stumbling block that causes your punishment.

So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.

You took off

your former way of life, the old self

that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

Cease

Turn away from evil and do what is good;
seek peace and pursue it.

Turn away from evil and do what is good,
and dwell there forever.

Hate evil and love good;
establish justice in the gate.
Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious
to the remnant of Joseph.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor,

because we are members of one another.

and he must turn away

from evil

and do what is good.
He must seek peace

and pursue it,

General references

Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

“If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,