Devine Scripture

Isaiah 1:16

Isaiah chapter 1 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.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.

v.16This passage

v.17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 3:8

    Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

  • Jeremiah 25:5

    saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;

  • Job 11:13

    If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

  • Romans 12:9

    Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

  • Psalms 37:27

    Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

  • 1 Peter 3:11

    And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.