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.
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-mind
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right,
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within yo
Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, n
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on y
If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full o
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wicke
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardon
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My cov
So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return
Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little love
‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no mea
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to a
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the
Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, bu
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute;
do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” d
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction