Isaiah 1:16
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16 “Wash(A) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(B)Cease to do evil,
Isaiah 1:17
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17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [a]the oppressor;
[b]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
- Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate
Jeremiah 18:11
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11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. (A)Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings (B)good.” ’ ”
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Jeremiah 25:5
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5 They said, (A)‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
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Jeremiah 25:6
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6 Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’
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Ezekiel 18:30-32
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30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. (B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 (C)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (D)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For (E)I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and (F)live!”
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Acts 26:20
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20 but (A)declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do (B)works befitting repentance.
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