Isaiah 1:18

American Standard Version (1901)

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  • Isa 41:21 : 21 Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
  • Isa 43:24-26 : 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. [
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness. 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Acts 18:4 : 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
  • Isa 41:1 : 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
  • 1 Sam 12:7 : 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.
  • Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.
  • Acts 17:2 : 2 and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 1:16-17
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    16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

  • Isa 55:7-8
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    7let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

    8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

  • 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

  • 7Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  • 22For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • 1 John 1:7-9
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    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • 2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?

  • Isa 64:5-6
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    5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?

    6For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

  • 2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

  • Hos 14:1-2
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    1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

    2Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.

  • Isa 43:25-26
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    25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

    26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth [thy cause], that thou mayest be justified.

  • 14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

  • 5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

  • Mic 7:18-19
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    18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

    19He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  • 1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • 8And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

  • 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  • Isa 1:4-5
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    4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.

    5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

  • 9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

  • 10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

  • Jer 13:22-23
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    22And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.

    23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  • 1If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;

  • 17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

  • 13Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

  • Joel 2:12-13
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    12Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

    13and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  • 20And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.

  • 19Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

  • 1Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

  • 77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,

  • 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

  • 4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

  • 12For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

  • 9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

  • 1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

  • 29Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

  • 1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

  • 3That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

  • 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?