Isaiah 1:16 · KJV
“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;”
— Isaiah 1:16
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. {make...: Heb. multiply prayer} {blood: Heb. bloods}
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. {relieve: or, righten}
Isaiah 1 — Context
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear {them}.
15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. {make...: Heb. multiply prayer} {blood: Heb. bloods}
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 judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. {relieve: or, righten}
18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Cross References
1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse {your} hands, {ye} sinners; and purify {your} hearts, {ye} double minded.
Ezekiel 18:30-31
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn {yourselves} from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. {yourselves: or, others}
Titus 2:11-14
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, {hath...: or, to all men, hath appeared}
Matthew 3:8
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: {meet...: or, answerable to amendment of life}