Acts 3:19 Cross References

Acts 3:19

19: Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you can be cleansed of your sins.

Acts 2:38

  1. Peter replied, "Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 44:22

  1. I have swept away your sins like the morning mists. I have scattered your offenses like the clouds. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free."

Isaiah 43:25

  1. "I--yes, I alone--am the one who blots out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.

Matthew 18:3

  1. Then he said, "I assure you, unless you turn from your sins and become as little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Isaiah 1:16

  1. Wash yourselves and be clean! Let me no longer see your evil deeds. Give up your wicked ways.
  2. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.
  3. "Come now, let us argue this out," says the LORD. "No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool.
  4. If you will only obey me and let me help you, then you will have plenty to eat.
  5. But if you keep turning away and refusing to listen, you will be destroyed by your enemies. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

Matthew 13:15

  1. For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes--so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.'

Psalms 51:9

  1. Don't keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.

Micah 7:18

  1. Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy.
  2. Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!

2 Thessalonians 1:7

  1. And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,

James 4:7

  1. So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
  2. Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you hypocrites.
  3. Let there be tears for the wrong things you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
  4. When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on him, he will lift you up and give you honor.

James 5:19

  1. My dear brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back again,
  2. you can be sure that the one who brings that person back will save that sinner from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.

Lamentations 3:40

  1. Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to the LORD.

Luke 1:16

  1. And he will persuade many Israelites to turn to the Lord their God.

Acts 11:21

  1. The power of the Lord was upon them, and large numbers of these Gentiles believed and turned to the Lord.

Isaiah 54:1

  1. "Sing, O childless woman! Break forth into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, even though you never gave birth to a child. For the woman who could bear no children now has more than all the other women," says the LORD.
  2. "Enlarge your house; build an addition; spread out your home!
  3. For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will take over other nations and live in their cities.
  4. "Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. The shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood will be remembered no more,
  5. for your Creator will be your husband. The LORD Almighty is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.

Daniel 9:13

  1. Every curse written against us in the law of Moses has come true. All the troubles he predicted have taken place. But we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.

Acts 1:6

  1. When the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, "Lord, are you going to free Israel now and restore our kingdom?"

Acts 28:27

  1. For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes--so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.'

Acts 26:18

  1. to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in me.'
  2. "And so, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to that vision from heaven.
  3. I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must turn from their sins and turn to God--and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

Acts 15:3

  1. The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them--much to everyone's joy--that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.

Jeremiah 32:37

  1. I will surely bring my people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety.
  2. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
  3. And I will give them one heart and mind to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.
  4. "And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, promising not to stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.
  5. I will rejoice in doing good to them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.

Zechariah 8:20

  1. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
  2. The people of one city will say to the people in another, `Let us go to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us and to seek the LORD Almighty. We are planning to go ourselves.'
  3. People from many nations, even powerful nations, will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to ask the LORD to bless them.
  4. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: In those days ten people from nations and languages around the world will clutch at the hem of one Jew's robe. And they will say, `Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

Isaiah 55:6

  1. Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
  2. Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Psalms 72:6

  1. May his reign be as refreshing as the springtime rains--like the showers that water the earth.
  2. May all the godly flourish during his reign. May there be abundant prosperity until the end of time.
  3. May he reign from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
  4. Desert nomads will bow before him; his enemies will fall before him in the dust.
  5. The western kings of Tarshish and the islands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.

Amos 9:13

  1. "The time will come," says the LORD, "when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine!
  2. I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine.
  3. I will firmly plant them there in the land I have given them," says the LORD your God. "Then they will never be uprooted again."

Psalms 51:13

  1. Then I will teach your ways to sinners, and they will return to you.

Isaiah 2:1

  1. This is another vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
  2. In the last days, the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem will become the most important place on earth. People from all over the world will go there to worship.
  3. Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Temple of the God of Israel. There he will teach us his ways, so that we may obey him." For in those days the LORD's teaching and his word will go out from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 60:1

  1. "Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all the nations to see! For the glory of the LORD is shining upon you.
  2. Darkness as black as night will cover all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD will shine over you.
  3. All nations will come to your light. Mighty kings will come to see your radiance.
  4. "Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.
  5. Your eyes will shine, and your hearts will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.

Psalms 98:1

  1. Sing a new song to the LORD, for he has done wonderful deeds. He has won a mighty victory by his power and holiness.
  2. The LORD has announced his victory and has revealed his righteousness to every nation!
  3. He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The whole earth has seen the salvation of our God.
  4. Shout to the LORD, all the earth; break out in praise and sing for joy!
  5. Sing your praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song,

Jeremiah 50:20

  1. In those days," says the LORD, "no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah, for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

Ezekiel 18:30

  1. "Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn from your sins! Don't let them destroy you!
  2. Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?
  3. I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!

Ezekiel 39:25

  1. "So now the Sovereign LORD says: I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on Israel, for I am jealous for my holy reputation!
  2. They will accept responsibility for their past shame and treachery against me after they come home to live in peace and safety in their own land. And then no one will bother them or make them afraid.
  3. When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, my holiness will be displayed to the nations.
  4. Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God--responsible for sending them away to exile and responsible for bringing them home. I will leave none of my people behind.
  5. And I will never again turn my back on them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon them, says the Sovereign LORD."

Jeremiah 31:22

  1. How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the LORD will cause something new and different to happen--Israel will embrace her God. "
  2. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "When I bring them back again, the people of Judah and its cities will again say, `The LORD bless you--O righteous home, O holy mountain!'
  3. And city dwellers and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness.
  4. For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing."
  5. At this, I woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very sweet.

Acts 11:18

  1. When the others heard this, all their objections were answered and they began praising God. They said, "God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of turning from sin and receiving eternal life."

Zephaniah 3:14

  1. Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
  2. For the LORD will remove his hand of judgment and will disperse the armies of your enemy. And the LORD himself, the King of Israel, will live among you! At last your troubles will be over, and you will fear disaster no more.
  3. On that day the announcement to Jerusalem will be, "Cheer up, Zion! Don't be afraid!
  4. For the LORD your God has arrived to live among you. He is a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you with great gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will exult over you by singing a happy song."
  5. "I will gather you who mourn for the appointed festivals; you will be disgraced no more.

Joel 2:13

  1. Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you.

Hosea 14:2

  1. Bring your petitions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, "Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you the sacrifice of praise.

Isaiah 66:18

  1. "I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.
  2. I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.
  3. They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD.
  4. "And I will appoint some of those who return to be my priests and Levites. I, the LORD, have spoken!
  5. "As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear," says the LORD.

Psalms 32:1

  1. Oh, what joy for those whose rebellion is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!
  2. Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
  3. When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long.
  4. Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
  5. Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.

1 Peter 2:25

  1. Once you were wandering like lost sheep. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.

Jeremiah 31:18

  1. I have heard Israel saying, `You disciplined me severely, but I deserved it. I was like a calf that needed to be trained for the yoke and plow. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the LORD my God.
  2. I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.'
  3. "Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?" asks the LORD. "I had to punish him, but I still love him. I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

Isaiah 51:11

  1. Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return to Jerusalem, singing songs of everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be overcome with joy and gladness.

Isaiah 49:10

  1. They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun and scorching desert winds will not reach them anymore. For the LORD in his mercy will lead them beside cool waters.
  2. And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the valleys.
  3. See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt. "
  4. Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their sorrow.
  5. Yet Jerusalem says, "The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us."

Deuteronomy 4:29

  1. From there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.
  2. "When those bitter days have come upon you far in the future, you will finally return to the LORD your God and listen to what he tells you.
  3. For the LORD your God is merciful--he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.

Isaiah 52:1

  1. Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourselves with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will no longer enter your gates.
  2. Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem. Remove the slave bands from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
  3. For this is what the LORD says: "When I sold you into exile, I received no payment. Now I can redeem you without paying for you."
  4. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Long ago my people went to live as resident foreigners in Egypt. Now they have been oppressed without cause by Assyria.
  5. And now, what is this?" asks the LORD. "Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is being blasphemed all day long.

Isaiah 6:10

  1. Harden the hearts of these people. Close their ears, and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn to me for healing."

1 Kings 8:48

  1. Then if they turn to you with their whole heart and soul and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors, toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,
  2. then hear their prayers from heaven where you live. Uphold their cause
  3. and forgive your people who have sinned against you. Make their captors merciful to them,

Romans 11:25

  1. I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud and start bragging. Some of the Jews have hard hearts, but this will last only until the complete number of Gentiles comes to Christ.

Ezekiel 37:21

  1. And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.
  2. I will unify them into one nation in the land. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations.
  3. They will stop polluting themselves with their detestable idols and other sins, for I will save them from their sinful backsliding. I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
  4. "My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and keep my laws.
  5. They will live in the land of Israel where their ancestors lived, the land I gave my servant Jacob. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.

Isaiah 66:10

  1. "Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and mourn for her.
  2. Delight in Jerusalem! Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother's generous breasts.
  3. Peace and prosperity will overflow Jerusalem like a river," says the LORD. "The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and treated with love.
  4. I will comfort you there as a child is comforted by its mother."
  5. When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. Vigorous health will be yours! Everyone will see the good hand of the LORD on his people--and his anger against his enemies.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

  1. when he comes to receive glory and praise from his holy people. And you will be among those praising him on that day, for you believed what we testified about him.

Jeremiah 31:33

  1. "But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day," says the LORD. "I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  2. And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, `You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me," says the LORD. "And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins."

Micah 7:14

  1. O LORD, come and rule your people; lead your flock in green pastures. Help them to live in peace and prosperity. Let them enjoy the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead as they did long ago.
  2. "Yes," says the LORD, "I will do mighty miracles for you, like those I did when I rescued you from slavery in Egypt."

Isaiah 61:9

  1. Their descendants will be known and honored among the nations. Everyone will realize that they are a people the LORD has blessed."
  2. I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels.
  3. The Sovereign LORD will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, filled with young plants springing up everywhere.
  4. Because I love Zion, because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
  5. The nations will see your righteousness. Kings will be blinded by your glory. And the LORD will give you a new name.

Isaiah 65:17

  1. "Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth--so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore.
  2. Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy.
  3. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard no more.
  4. "No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only sinners will die that young!
  5. In those days, people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.

Psalms 103:12

  1. He has removed our rebellious acts as far away from us as the east is from the west.

Ezekiel 34:23

  1. And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.
  2. And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!
  3. "I will make a covenant of peace with them and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then my people will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.
  4. I will cause my people and their homes around my holy hill to be a blessing. And I will send showers, showers of blessings, which will come just when they are needed.
  5. The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the LORD.

Lamentations 5:21

  1. Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again! Give us back the joys we once had!

Isaiah 61:3

  1. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair. For the LORD has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.

Acts 3:21

  1. For he must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his prophets.

Joel 3:16

  1. The LORD's voice will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem, and the earth and heavens will begin to shake. But to his people of Israel, the LORD will be a welcoming refuge and a strong fortress.
  2. "Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, live in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy forever, and foreign armies will never conquer her again.
  3. In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. Water will fill the dry streambeds of Judah, and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD's Temple, watering the arid valley of acacias.
  4. Egypt will become a wasteland and Edom a wilderness, because they attacked Judah and killed her innocent people.
  5. "But Judah will remain forever, and Jerusalem will endure through all future generations.

Psalms 51:1

  1. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
  2. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
  3. For I recognize my shameful deeds--they haunt me day and night.

2 Peter 3:8

  1. But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

Jeremiah 33:15

  1. At that time I will bring to the throne of David a righteous descendant, and he will do what is just and right throughout the land.
  2. In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And their motto will be `The LORD is our righteousness!'
  3. For this is what the LORD says: David will forever have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel.
  4. And there will always be Levitical priests to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings and sacrifices to me."
  5. Then this message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Acts 17:26

  1. From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

Revelation 21:4

  1. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever."

Hosea 2:19

  1. I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.
  2. I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as LORD.
  3. "In that day," says the LORD, "I will answer the pleading of the sky for clouds, which will pour down water on the earth in answer to its cries for rain.
  4. Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries of the grain, the grapes, and the olive trees for moisture. And the whole grand chorus will sing together, `Jezreel'--`God plants!'
  5. "At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites and raise them for myself! I will show love to those I called `Not loved.' And to those I called `Not my people,' I will say, `Now you are my people.' Then they will reply, `You are our God!'"

2 Timothy 2:25

  1. They should gently teach those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will believe the truth.
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