Isaiah 1:16 “Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Sto…”

Isaiah 1:16

Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

World English Bible

Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

American Standard Version

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Geneva Bible 1599

Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.

Darby Translation

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,

Young's Literal Translation

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

Bible in Basic English

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

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Cross references

“Wash”

2 Corinthians 7:1 James 4:8 Revelation 7:14 Jeremiah 4:14 Psalm 26:6 Acts 22:16

2 Corinthians 7:1 · BSB

Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

James 4:8 · BSB

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Revelation 7:14 · BSB

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Jeremiah 4:14 · BSB

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Psalm 26:6 · BSB

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Acts 22:16 · BSB

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

“put away”

1 Peter 2:1 Titus 2:11–14 Matthew 3:8 Isaiah 55:6 Isaiah 55:7 Ezekiel 18:30

1 Peter 2:1 · BSB

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Titus 2:11–14 · BSB

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

Matthew 3:8 · BSB

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.

Isaiah 55:6 · BSB

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 55:7 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Ezekiel 18:30 · BSB

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

“cease”

1 Peter 3:11 Amos 5:15 Romans 12:9 Psalm 37:27 Psalm 34:14 Ephesians 4:25–29

1 Peter 3:11 · BSB

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

Amos 5:15 · BSB

Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Romans 12:9 · BSB

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Psalm 37:27 · BSB

Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

Psalm 34:14 · BSB

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Ephesians 4:25–29 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Also

Isaiah 52:11 Jeremiah 25:5

Isaiah 52:11 · BSB

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

Jeremiah 25:5 · BSB

The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

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