Isaiah 42:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

Cross References

Psalm 94:14

The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

Isaiah 29:18

And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

Isaiah 29:24

Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

Isaiah 30:18

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

Isaiah 30:21

And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

Isaiah 32:3

And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

Isaiah 35:8

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

Isaiah 40:4

Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

Isaiah 41:17

The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

Isaiah 41:3

He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:

Isaiah 45:7

I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Isaiah 48:17

The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

Isaiah 52:12

For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.

Isaiah 54:13

And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

Isaiah 58:10

And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

Isaiah 62:12

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

Ezekiel 14:23

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.

Hosea 2:14

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

Hosea 2:6

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

Amos 5:8

Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

Luke 3:5

Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

Acts 26:18

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

Ephesians 5:8

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

Joshua 3:4

But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.