Bible Cross References
have
Isaiah 1:18
The LORD says, "Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.
Isaiah 43:24
You didn't buy incense for me or satisfy me with the fat of your animals. Instead you burdened me with your sins; you wore me out with the wrongs you have committed.
Isaiah 43:25
And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.
Isaiah 48:8-11
8
I knew that you couldn't be trusted, that you have always been known as a rebel. That is why you never heard of this at all, why no word of it ever came to your ears.
9
"In order that people will praise my name, I am holding my anger in check; I am keeping it back and will not destroy you.
10
I have tested you in the fire of suffering, as silver is refined in a furnace. But I have found that you are worthless.
11
What I do is done for my own sake--- I will not let my name be dishonored or let anyone else share the glory that should be mine and mine alone."
Jeremiah 31:18-20
18
"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.
19
We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
20
"Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.
Ezekiel 16:60-63
60
But I will honor the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will make a covenant with you that will last forever.
61
You will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you, even though this was not part of my covenant with you.
62
I will renew my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
63
I will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be too ashamed to open your mouth." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 36:22-38
22
"Now then, give the Israelites the message that I, the Sovereign LORD, have for them: What I am going to do is not for the sake of you Israelites, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have disgraced in every country where you have gone.
23
When I demonstrate to the nations the holiness of my great name---the name you disgraced among them---then they will know that I am the LORD. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. I will use you to show the nations that I am holy.
24
I will take you from every nation and country and bring you back to your own land.
25
I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.
26
I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart.
27
I will put my spirit in you and will see to it that you follow my laws and keep all the commands I have given you.
28
Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
29
I will save you from everything that defiles you. I will command the grain to be plentiful, so that you will not have any more famines.
30
I will increase the yield of your fruit trees and your fields, so that there will be no more famines to disgrace you among the nations.
31
You will remember your evil conduct and the wrongs that you committed, and you will be disgusted with yourselves because of your sins and your iniquities.
32
Israel, I want you to know that I am not doing all this for your sake. I want you to feel the shame and disgrace of what you are doing. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken."
33
The Sovereign LORD says, "When I make you clean from all your sins, I will let you live in your cities again and let you rebuild the ruins.
34
Everyone who used to walk by your fields saw how overgrown and wild they were, but I will let you farm them again.
35
Everyone will talk about how this land, which was once a wilderness, has become like the Garden of Eden, and how the cities which were torn down, looted, and left in ruins, are now inhabited and fortified.
36
Then the neighboring nations that have survived will know that I, the LORD, rebuild ruined cities and replant waste fields. I, the LORD, have promised that I would do this---and I will."
37
The Sovereign LORD says, "I will once again let the Israelites ask me for help, and I will let them increase in numbers like a flock of sheep.
38
The cities that are now in ruins will then be as full of people as Jerusalem was once full of the sheep which were offered as sacrifices at a festival. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Luke 15:20
So he got up and started back to his father. "He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart was filled with pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and kissed him.
Romans 5:20
Law was introduced in order to increase wrongdoing; but where sin increased, God's grace increased much more.
will heal
Jeremiah 3:22
Return, all of you who have turned away from the LORD; he will heal you and make you faithful. You say, "Yes, we are coming to the LORD because he is our God.
Jeremiah 31:3
I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love.
Jeremiah 33:6
But I will heal this city and its people and restore them to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.
Hosea 14:4-8
4
The LORD says, "I will bring my people back to me. I will love them with all my heart; no longer am I angry with them.
5
I will be to the people of Israel like rain in a dry land. They will blossom like flowers; they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon.
6
They will be alive with new growth, and beautiful like olive trees. They will be fragrant like the cedars of Lebanon.
7
Once again they will live under my protection. They will grow crops of grain and be fruitful like a vineyard. They will be as famous as the wine of Lebanon.
8
The people of Israel will have nothing more to do with idols; I will answer their prayers and take care of them. Like an evergreen tree I will shelter them; I am the source of all their blessings."
will lead
Isaiah 49:10
they will never be hungry or thirsty. Sun and desert heat will not hurt them, for they will be led by one who loves them. He will lead them to springs of water.
Psalm 23:2
He lets me rest in fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water.
Revelation 7:17
because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
restore
Isaiah 57:15
"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.
Isaiah 12:1
A day is coming when people will sing, "I praise you, LORD! You were angry with me, but now you comfort me and are angry no longer.
Isaiah 61:2
He has sent me to proclaim That the time has come When the LORD will save his people And defeat their enemies. He has sent me to comfort all who mourn,
Isaiah 61:3
To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the LORD himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.
Isaiah 66:10-13
10
Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her, all you that love this city! Rejoice with her now, all you that have mourned for her!
11
You will enjoy her prosperity, like a child at its mother's breast.
12
The LORD says, "I will bring you lasting prosperity; the wealth of the nations will flow to you like a river that never goes dry. You will be like a child that is nursed by its mother, carried in her arms, and treated with love.
13
I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child.
Psalm 51:12
Give me again the joy that comes from your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
to his
Jeremiah 13:17
If you will not listen, I will cry in secret because of your pride; I will cry bitterly, and my tears will flow because the LORD's people have been taken away as captives.
Ecclesiastes 9:4
But anyone who is alive in the world of the living has some hope; a live dog is better off than a dead lion.