Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
James 4:8
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8 (A)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (C)purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Isaiah 55:7
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7 (A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
1 Corinthians 3:20
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20 and again, (A)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
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Acts 8:22
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22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God (A)if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
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Matthew 15:19-20
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19 (A)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
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Jeremiah 13:27
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27 I have seen your adulteries
And your lustful (A)neighings,
The lewdness of your harlotry,
Your abominations (B)on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
Will you still not be made clean?”
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, you [a]simple ones, will you love [b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:22 naive
- Proverbs 1:22 naivete
Romans 1:21
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21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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Luke 11:39
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39 (A)Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but (B)your inward part is full of [a]greed and wickedness.
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- Luke 11:39 Lit. eager grasping or robbery
Matthew 23:26-27
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26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
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Matthew 12:33
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A Tree Known by Its Fruit(A)
33 “Either make the tree good and (B)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
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Ezekiel 18:31
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31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (B)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
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Isaiah 1:16-19
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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,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [a]the oppressor;
[b]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us (C)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(D)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
- Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate
Psalm 119:113
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ס SAMEK
113 I hate the [a]double-minded,
But I love Your law.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:113 Lit. divided in heart or mind
Psalm 66:18
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18 (A)If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
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