Isaiah 51:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

2 Chronicles 15:4

But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 94:15

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

Proverbs 15:9

The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

Proverbs 21:21

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

Isaiah 48:1

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

Isaiah 48:12

Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

Isaiah 51:4

Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.

Isaiah 51:7

Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

Isaiah 55:6

Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

Isaiah 65:10

And Sharon will be a grass-land for the flocks, and the valley of Achor a resting-place for the herds: for my people whose hearts have been turned back to me.

Amos 5:6

Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.

Zephaniah 2:3

Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

Matthew 5:6

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

Matthew 6:33

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

Romans 10:3

Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.

Romans 14:19

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

2 Timothy 2:22

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

Hebrews 12:14

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;