Isaiah 55:7

Invitation To True Rewards

⁶ Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh. ⁷ Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive. ⁸ For thus sayeth the LORD: My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.

Be Merciful

Forgive Them

Have Mercy

Return to the Lord

Righteous Man

Show Mercy

To the Lord

Turn to the Lord

Jehovah

Sin

Isaiah 44:22

As for thine offenses, I drive them away like the clouds, and thy sins as the mist. Turn ye again unto me, and I will deliver thee.

Proverbs 28:13

He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper; but who so knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.

Isaiah 43:25

Whereas I yet am even he only, that for mine own self's sake do away thine offenses, and forget thy sins: so that I will never think upon them.

Genesis 6:5

And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

Exodus 34:6-7

And when the LORD walked before him, he cried, "LORD, LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth,

Numbers 14:18-19

'The LORD is long yer he be angry, and full of mercy, and suffereth sin and trespass, and leaveth no man innocent, and visiteth the unrighteousness of the fathers upon the children, even upon the third and fourth generation.'

2 Chronicles 7:14

Yet if my people that are named after my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my presence, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and be merciful to their sins, and will heal their land.

Psalm 51:1

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

Psalm 66:18

If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Isaiah 1:16-18

Thus saith the LORD God: Wash and be clean; put away the wickedness of your imaginations out of my sight. Cease to do evil and learn to do well.

Isaiah 32:7

These are the perilous weapons of the covetous, these be his shameful counsels: that he may beguile the poor with deceitful works, yea, even there as he should give sentence with the poor.

Isaiah 40:2

Comfort Jerusalem, and tell her that her travail is at an end, that her offense is pardoned, that she hath received of the LORD's hand sufficient correction for all her sins.

Isaiah 54:10

The mountains shall remove, and the hills shall fall down: but my loving-kindness shall not move, and the bond of my peace shall not fall down from thee, sayeth the LORD thy merciful lover.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways.

Jeremiah 3:3

This is the cause that the rain and evening dew hath ceased. Thou hast gotten thee a whore's forehead, and canst not be ashamed.

Jeremiah 3:12-13

and therefore go preach these words toward the north, and say, 'Thou shrinking Israel, turn again, sayeth the LORD; and I will not turn my face from you, for I am merciful, sayeth the LORD. And I will not always bear displeasure against thee:

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be helped. How long shall thy noisesome thoughts remain with thee?

Jeremiah 8:4-6

"This shalt thou say unto them also: Thus sayeth the LORD, Do men fall also, that they arise not up again? And turn they so far away, that they never convert?

Ezekiel 3:18-19

If I say unto thee, concerning the ungodly man, that without doubt he must die: and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest unto him, that he may turn from his evil way, and so to live - Then shall the same ungodly man die in his own unrighteousness, but his blood will I require of thine hand.

Ezekiel 18:21-23

And yet the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he did, and keep all mine ordinances, and do justly and righteously; he shall live and not die.

Ezekiel 18:27-32

And when a wicked turneth from his wickedness and doth justly and righteously, he shall save his soul:

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them, 'As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but much rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn you, turn you from your ungodly ways, O ye of the house of Israel. Oh, wherefore will ye die?'

Ezekiel 33:14-16

Again; If I say unto the wicked, 'Thou shalt surely die,' and so he turn from his sins, and do the thing that is lawful and right:

Hosea 14:1-2

Turn Israel unto the LORD thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wickednesses' sake.

Jonah 3:10

And when God saw their works, how they turned from their wicked ways, he repented on the evil which he said he would do unto them, and did it not.

Zechariah 8:17

none of you imagine evil in his heart against his neighbour, and love no false oaths: for all these are things that I hate, sayeth the LORD."

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn, what that meaneth: 'I have pleasure in mercy, and not in offering.' For I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance."

Matthew 15:18-19

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.

Matthew 23:25-26

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess.

Mark 7:21

For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder,

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from within, and defile a man."

Luke 7:47

Wherefore I say unto thee, Many sins are forgiven her, for she loved much. To whom less is forgiven, the same doeth less love."

Luke 11:39-40

And the Lord said to him, "Now do ye, O Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness.

Luke 15:10

Likewise I say unto you, Joy is made in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."

Luke 15:24

for this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is now found.' And they began to be merry.

Acts 3:19

Repent ye, therefore, and turn: that your sins may be done away when the time of refreshing cometh, which we shall have of the presence of the Lord,

Acts 8:21-22

Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this business. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

Acts 26:20

but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Jewry, and to the gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to God, and do the right works of repentance.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do ye not remember how that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. For neither fornicators, neither worshippers of images, neither whoremongers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of themselves with mankind,

Ephesians 1:6-8

to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

1 Timothy 1:15-16

This is a true saying, and by all means worthy to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief:

James 1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

James 4:8-10

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.

Romans 5:16-21

And the gift is not over one sin, as death came through one sin of one that sinned. For damnation came of one sin unto condemnation: But the gift came to justify from many sins.