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
go then and learn the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call saints, but sinners.
Luke 15:10
even so, I assure you, the angels in heaven rejoice, when any one sinner becomes a penitent.
Acts 3:19
repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, who shall send Jesus Christ,
Acts 26:20
first I warn'd the people of Damascus, of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and then the Gentiles, to repent, and turn to God, by acting suitably to their repentance.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? be not deceived: neither the licentious, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor the brutal,
James 4:8
address your selves to God, and you will find him present with you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, you that are diffident.
His thoughts
Matthew 15:18
but what proceeds out of the mouth, is deriv'd from the heart, and that defiles the man.
Matthew 23:25
wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye clean the outside of the cup, and of the plate, but within they are full of rapine and impurity.
Mark 7:21
for from within, from the heart of man proceed wicked designs, adulteries, fornications, murders; thefts,
Luke 11:39
upon which the Lord said to him, you Pharisees won't leave any filth upon the outside of a cup or a platter: while your consciences are abandon'd to rapine, and sensuality.
Acts 8:21
thou hast no manner of share in this gift: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
James 1:15
and the genuine offspring of sin is death.
General references
Matthew 22:9
go therefore into the high streets, and as many as ye find, invite to the marriage:
Luke 5:32
I came not to call saints, but sinners to repentance. Then they ask'd him, how comes it that John's disciples,