Isaiah 48:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

How I wish that you had obeyed my commands! Your success and good fortune would then have overflowed like a flooding river.

Cross References

Psalm 119:165

You give peace of mind to all who love your Law. Nothing can make them fall.

Psalm 36:8

You give your guests a feast in your house, and you serve a tasty drink that flows like a river.

Isaiah 33:21

Our wonderful LORD will be with us! There will be deep rivers and wide streams safe from enemy ships.

Isaiah 42:24

Israel sinned and refused to obey the LORD or follow his instructions. So the LORD let them be robbed of everything they owned.

Isaiah 45:8

Tell the heavens to send down justice like showers of rain. Prepare the earth for my saving power to sprout and produce justice that I, the LORD, create.

Isaiah 54:13

I will teach your children and make them successful.

Isaiah 61:10

I celebrate and shout because of my LORD God. His saving power and justice are the very clothes I wear. They are more beautiful than the jewellery worn by a bride or a groom.

Isaiah 61:11

The LORD will bring about justice and praise in every nation on earth, like flowers blooming in a garden.

Isaiah 62:1

Jerusalem, I will speak up for your good. I will never be silent till you are safe and secure, sparkling like a flame.

Isaiah 66:12

The LORD has promised: “I will flood Jerusalem with the wealth of nations and make the city prosper. Zion will nurse you at her breast, carry you in her arms, and hold you in her lap.

Hosea 10:12

Plough your fields, scatter seeds of justice, and harvest faithfulness. Worship me, the LORD, and I will send my saving power down like rain.

Amos 5:24

But let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry.

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn't let me.

Romans 14:17

God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If you did, you could see where you are headed.

Deuteronomy 5:29

I wish they would always worship me with fear and trembling and be this willing to obey me! Then they and their children would always enjoy a successful life.