Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
His thoughts
General references
Bible References
The wicked
Matthew 9:13
You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."
Luke 15:10
In just that way, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"
Acts 3:19
So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,
Acts 26:20
but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice
James 4:8
Approach God, and he will approach you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Make your hearts pure, you doubters!
His thoughts
Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute a man.
Matthew 23:25
Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mark 7:21
For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,
Luke 11:39
But the Master said to him, "You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Acts 8:21
You have no share or part in this movement, for your heart is not honest in the sight of God.
James 1:15
Then desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and when sin is mature, it brings forth death.
General references
Matthew 22:9
So go out where the roads leave the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'
Luke 5:32
I have not come to invite the pious but the irreligious to repentance!"