Isaiah 65:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Thus says the Lord: In the same way as it is said about a grain found in a cluster, "Do not destroy it, because it is a blessing," so will I act for the sake of my servants, so that I may not destroy the whole.

Cross References

Genesis 18:26

And the Lord said to him, "If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them."

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of hosts had not bequeathed us offspring, we would have been like Sodom, and we would have been comparable to Gomorrah.

Isaiah 10:21

The remnant of Jacob, again I say the remnant, will be converted to the mighty God.

Isaiah 10:22

For though your people, O Israel, will be like the sand of the sea, yet only a remnant of them will be converted. The consummation, having been shortened, will be inundated with justice.

Isaiah 48:9

For the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.

Isaiah 6:13

But still, there will be a tithing within her, and she will be converted, and she will be put on display, like a terebinth tree and like an oak which extends its branches. And what will remain standing within her will be a holy offspring.

Jeremiah 30:11

For I am with you, says the Lord, so that I may save you. For I will bring about the consummation of all the nations, among which I have scattered you. But I will not bring about your consummation. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, so that you will not seem innocent to yourself."

Joel 2:14

Who knows if he might convert and forgive, and bequeath a blessing after him, a sacrifice and a libation to the Lord your God?

Matthew 24:22

And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened.

Mark 13:20

And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would be saved. But, for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.