Isaiah 55:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your earnings for what does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness [the profuseness of spiritual joy]. [Jer. 31:12-14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Common English Bible

² Why spend money for what isn’t food, and your earnings for what doesn’t satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good; enjoy the richest of feasts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and expend your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen very closely to me, and eat what is good, and then your soul will be delighted by a full measure.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Why do you spend money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me and eat that which is good: and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.

Isaiah 55:2 Cross References

Psalm 22:26

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: They shall praise the LORD that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

Psalm 34:11

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalm 36:8

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Psalm 63:5

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

Exodus 15:26

and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

Proverbs 7:23

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

Proverbs 8:32

Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me: For blessed are they that keep my ways.

Proverbs 9:5

Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Isaiah 1:19

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Isaiah 10:27

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Isaiah 44:20

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isaiah 46:6

Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

Isaiah 51:1

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

Isaiah 51:4

Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgement to rest for a light of the peoples.

Isaiah 51:7

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

Isaiah 62:8

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and strangers shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

Isaiah 62:9

but they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.

Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:24

And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

Jeremiah 2:13

For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 31:14

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Matthew 15:9

But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Matthew 22:4

Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Mark 7:14

And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:

Luke 15:23

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

John 6:27

Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

Romans 10:17

So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Romans 9:31

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

Deuteronomy 11:13

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be stablished by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.