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Isaiah 1:17

Isaiah chapter 1 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

v.17This passage

v.18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: 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

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

  • Jeremiah 22:15

    Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.

  • Zechariah 8:16

    These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

  • Isaiah 1:23

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  • Proverbs 31:9

    Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

  • Zephaniah 2:3

    Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger.

  • Daniel 4:27

    Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.