Isaiah 30:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD God is waiting to show how kind he is and to have pity on you. The LORD always does right; he blesses those who trust him.

Cross References

Job 35:14

he will surely deny your impatient request to face him in court.

Psalm 2:12

Show respect to his son because if you don't, the LORD might become furious and suddenly destroy you. But he blesses and protects everyone who runs to him.

Psalm 27:14

Trust the LORD! Be brave and strong and trust the LORD.

Psalm 34:8

Discover for yourself that the LORD is kind. Come to him for protection, and you will be glad.

Psalm 84:12

LORD God All-Powerful, you bless everyone who trusts you.

Psalm 99:4

You are our mighty King, a lover of fairness, who sees that justice is done everywhere in Israel.

Exodus 34:6

Then he passed in front of Moses and called out, “I am the LORD God. I am merciful and very patient with my people. I show great love, and I can be trusted.

Proverbs 16:20

If you know what you're doing, you will prosper. God blesses everyone who trusts him.

Isaiah 18:4

The LORD said to me, “I will calmly look down from my home above— as calmly as the sun at midday or clouds in the heat of harvest season.”

Isaiah 2:11

When the LORD comes, everyone who is proud will be made humble, and the LORD alone will be honoured.

Isaiah 2:17

When that day comes, everyone who is proud will be put down. Only the LORD will be honoured.

Isaiah 25:9

At that time, people will say, “The LORD has saved us! Let's celebrate. We waited and hoped— now our God is here.”

Isaiah 28:17

Justice and fairness will be the measuring lines that help me build.” Hailstones and floods will destroy and wash away your shelter of lies.

Isaiah 33:2

Please, LORD, be kind to us! We depend on you. Make us strong each morning, and come to save us when we are in trouble.

Isaiah 33:5

You, LORD, are above all others, and you live in the heavens. You have brought justice and fairness to Jerusalem;

Isaiah 40:31

But those who trust the LORD will find new strength. They will be strong like eagles soaring upward on wings; they will walk and run without getting tired.

Isaiah 42:14

For a long time, I, the LORD, have held my temper; now I will scream and groan like a woman giving birth.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind on roads they have never known; I will guide them on paths they have never travelled. Their road is dark and rough, but I will give light to keep them from stumbling. This is my solemn promise.

Isaiah 48:9

I, the LORD, am true to myself; I will be praised for not punishing and destroying you.

Isaiah 5:16

But the holy LORD God All-Powerful is praised, because he has shown who he is by bringing justice.

Isaiah 55:8

The LORD says: “My thoughts and my ways are not like yours.

Isaiah 57:16

My people, I won't stay angry and keep on accusing you. After all, I am your Creator. I don't want you to give up in complete despair.

Isaiah 61:8

I, the LORD, love justice! But I hate robbery and injustice. My people, I solemnly promise to reward you with an eternal agreement.

Isaiah 64:4

You are the only God ever seen or heard of who works miracles for his followers.

Isaiah 8:17

Meanwhile, I patiently trust the LORD, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel.

Jeremiah 17:7

But I will bless those who trust me.

Jeremiah 42:7

Ten days later, the LORD gave me an answer for

Daniel 12:12

God will bless everyone who patiently waits until one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days have gone by.

Hosea 1:7

But I am the LORD God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power—not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry.”

Hosea 2:14

Israel, I, the LORD, will lure you into the desert and speak gently to you.

Hosea 5:15

Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.

Malachi 2:17

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”

Luke 15:20

The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.

Luke 2:25

At this time a man named Simeon was living in Jerusalem. Simeon was a good man. He loved God and was waiting for God to save the people of Israel. God's Spirit came to him

Acts 5:31

and made him our Leader and Saviour. Then God gave him a place at his right side, so that the people of Israel would turn back to him and be forgiven.

Romans 5:20

The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's kindness was even more powerful.

Romans 9:22

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.

Ephesians 1:6

God was very kind to us because of the Son he dearly loves, and so we should praise God.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The LORD is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong. God can always be trusted to bring justice.

James 5:11

In fact, we praise the ones who endured the most. You remember how patient Job was and how the Lord finally helped him. The Lord did this because he is so merciful and kind.

2 Peter 3:15

Don't forget that the Lord is patient because he wants people to be saved. This is also what our dear friend Paul said when he wrote to you with the wisdom that God had given him.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord isn't slow about keeping his promises, as some people think he is. In fact, God is patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost.

1 Samuel 2:3

I can tell those proud people, “Stop your boasting! Nothing is hidden from the LORD, and he judges what we do.”