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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the θunrighteous man his thoughtsd: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will κabundantlye pardon.

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man of iniquity.

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Mark 7:21‑23• ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
²²thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
²³all these wicked things go forth from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:21‑23)

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Psa. 130:7• ⁷Hope, Israel, for Jehovah,{HR}For with Jehovah [is] the mercy;{HR}And plenteously with him [is] ransom; (Psa. 130:7)

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multiply to pardon.

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the wicked.

Isa. 1:16‑18• ¹⁶Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes.
¹⁷Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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. (Isa. 1:16‑18)

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2 Chron. 7:14• ¹⁴and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land. (2 Chron. 7:14)

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Prov. 28:13• ¹³He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper;{HR}But whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy. (Prov. 28:13)

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Jer. 3:3• ³And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed. (Jer. 3:3)

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Jer. 8:4‑6• ⁴And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do men fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?
⁵Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle. (Jer. 8:4‑6)

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Ezek. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
¹⁹But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezek. 3:18‑19)

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Ezek. 18:21‑23,27‑32• ²¹But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
²²All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
²³Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord Jehovah: and not that he should turn from his ways, and live?
²⁷Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
²⁹Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of Jehovah is not equal. Ο house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
³⁰Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel?
³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. (Ezek. 18:21‑23,27‑32)

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Ezek. 33:11,14‑16• ¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel?
¹⁴Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
¹⁵if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
¹⁶None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. (Ezek. 33:11,14‑16)

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Hos. 14:1‑2• ¹O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
²Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips. (Hos. 14:1‑2)

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Jonah 3:10• ¹⁰And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:10)

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Matt. 9:13• ¹³But go and learn what [that] is—I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but sinners. (Matt. 9:13)

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Luke 15:10,24• ¹⁰Thus I say unto you, There is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.
²⁴for this my son was dead, and has come to life,—was lost, and has been found. And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:10,24)

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Acts 3:19• ¹⁹Repent therefore, and be converted for the blotting out of your sins, so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, (Acts 3:19)

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Acts 26:20• ²⁰but reported both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:20)

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1 Cor. 6:9‑11• ⁹What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men,
¹⁰nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom.
¹¹And these things were some of you. But ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus [Christ] and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9‑11)

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James 4:8‑10• ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded.
⁹Sorrow, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned unto mourning, and [your] joy unto heaviness.
¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he will exalt you. (James 4:8‑10)

unrighteous man.

Heb. man of iniquity.

his thoughts.

Gen. 6:5• ⁵And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man [was] great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually . (Gen. 6:5)

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Psa. 66:18• ¹⁸If I had regarded iniquity in my heart,{HR}The Lord would not hear. (Psa. 66:18)

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Jer. 4:14• ¹⁴O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? (Jer. 4:14)

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Zech. 8:17• ¹⁷and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah. (Zech. 8:17)

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Matt. 15:18‑19• ¹⁸but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.
¹⁹For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies; (Matt. 15:18‑19)

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Matt. 23:25‑26• ²⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
²⁶Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. (Matt. 23:25‑26)

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Mark 7:21,23• ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
²³all these wicked things go forth from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:21,23)

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Luke 11:39‑40• ³⁹But the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:39‑40)

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Acts 8:21‑22• ²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right before God.
²²Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and beseech the Lord if so be the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee, (Acts 8:21‑22)

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James 1:15• ¹⁵then lust having conceived bringeth forth sin; and sin when completed giveth birth to death. (James 1:15)

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Isa. 43:25• ²⁵I, I [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25)

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Isa. 44:22• ²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me, for I have redeemed thee. (Isa. 44:22)

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Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Num. 14:18‑19• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. (Num. 14:18‑19)

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Psa. 51:1• ¹To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)

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Psa. 130:7• ⁷Hope, Israel, for Jehovah,{HR}For with Jehovah [is] the mercy;{HR}And plenteously with him [is] ransom; (Psa. 130:7)

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Jer. 3:12‑13• ¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever.
¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:12‑13)

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Luke 7:47• ⁴⁷For which cause I say unto thee, Her many sins are forgiven, for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loveth little. (Luke 7:47)

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Rom. 5:16‑21• ¹⁶And [shall] not, as by one having sinned, [be] the gift? For the judgment [was] of one unto condemnation, but the free gift [was] of many offences unto justification.
¹⁷For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much more they that receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
¹⁸So then as by one offence [it was] toward all men for condemnation, so also by one accomplished righteousness toward all men for justification of life.
¹⁹For as by the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also by the obedience of the one the many shall be constituted righteous.
²⁰But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
²¹that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:16‑21)

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Eph. 1:6‑8• ⁶unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved;
⁷in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace,
⁸which he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligence, (Eph. 1:6‑8)

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1 Tim. 1:15‑16• ¹⁵Faithful [is] the word and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
¹⁶But for this cause mercy was shown me that in me, [as] chief, Christ might display the whole long-suffering for an outline-sketch of those that should believe on him unto life eternal. (1 Tim. 1:15‑16)

abundantly.

Heb. multiply to.

• The forsaking of one’s thoughts and way is just what genuine repentance involves. Faith, we know, is needed too, but when Isaiah wrote, Christ the great Object of faith, though predicted, was not actually revealed. Consequently faith is not brought to the fore in the Old Testament as it is in the New. (“Isaiah 55” by F.B. Hole)

• It is true at all times that the soul returning in repentance finds mercy, and the offer here is not only of mercy but of pardon in abundant measure. (“Isaiah 55” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

W. Kelly Translation

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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.