Isaiah 55:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

That's how it is with my words. They don't return to me without doing everything I send them to do.”

Cross References

Isaiah 40:8

Flowers and grass fade away, but what our God has said will never change.

Isaiah 45:23

I have made a solemn promise, one that won't be broken: everyone will bow down and worship me.

Isaiah 46:10

From the very beginning, I told what would happen long before it took place. I kept my word

Isaiah 53:10

The LORD decided his servant would suffer as a sacrifice to take away the sin and guilt of others. Now the servant will live to see his own descendants. He did everything the LORD had planned.

Isaiah 54:9

I once promised Noah that I would never again destroy the earth by a flood. Now I have promised that I will never again get angry and punish you.

Isaiah 59:21

The LORD says: “My people, I promise to give you my Spirit and my message. These will be my gifts to you and your families for ever. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 1:11

The LORD showed me something in a vision. Then he asked, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I answered, “A branch of almonds that ripen early.”

Jeremiah 1:12

“That's right,” the LORD replied, “and I always rise early to keep a promise.”

Jeremiah 1:13

Then the LORD showed me something else and asked, “What do you see now?” I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water in the north, and it's about to spill out towards us.”

Jeremiah 23:20

I won't calm down, until I have finished what I have decided to do. Some day you will understand exactly what I mean.

Jeremiah 25:13

My servant Jeremiah has told you what I said I will do to Babylonia and to the other nations, and he wrote it all down in this book. I will do everything I threatened.

Ezekiel 24:14

That time will certainly come! And when it does, I won't show the people of Jerusalem any pity or change my mind. They must be punished for the evil they have done. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Amos 6:11

At the LORD's command, houses great and small will be smashed to pieces.

Zechariah 1:6

But my warnings and my words spoken by the prophets caught up with your ancestors. So they turned back to me and said, “LORD All-Powerful, you have punished us for our sins, just as you had planned.”

Numbers 23:19

God is no mere human! He doesn't tell lies or change his mind. God always keeps his promises.

Matthew 24:35

The sky and the earth won't last for ever, but my words will.

John 6:63

The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit.

Romans 10:17

No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message about the cross doesn't make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God's power at work.

Deuteronomy 32:2

Israel, I will teach you. My words will be like gentle rain on tender young plants, or like dew on the grass.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We always thank God that you believed the message we preached. It came from him, and it isn't something made up by humans. You accepted it as God's message, and now he is working in you.

Hebrews 6:7

A field is useful to farmers, if there is enough rain to make good crops grow. In fact, God will bless that field.

James 1:18

He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

1 Peter 1:23

Do this because God has given you new birth by his message that lives on for ever.

1 Samuel 3:19

As Samuel grew up, the LORD helped him and made everything Samuel said come true.