Isaiah 42:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘I am the Lord. I have called you for a righteous purpose,  , and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Cross References

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles  , and glory to your people Israel.

Acts 13:47

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’  ,

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to them again: ‘I am   the light   of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.’

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the  Lord  says: I will answer you in a time of favour, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

Isaiah 49:6

he says, ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.’

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race,   ,, a royal priesthood,   , a holy nation,   , a people for his possession,   , so that you may proclaim the praises   ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus #– #the great Shepherd of the sheep   #– #through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Hebrews 9:15

Therefore, he is the mediator  of a new covenant,  , so that those who are called might receive the promise  of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.’

2 Corinthians 1:20

For every one of God’s promises  is ‘Yes’ in him. Therefore, through him we also say ‘Amen’  to the glory of God.

Isaiah 43:1

Now this is what the Lord  says – the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel   – ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine.

Isaiah 42:1

‘This  is my servant;  I strengthen him, this is my chosen one;  I delight in him. I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice  to the nations.

Isaiah 41:13

For I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.

Hebrews 8:6

But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator  of a better covenant,  which has been established on better promises.

Hebrews 7:26

For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Isaiah 45:13

I have stirred him up in righteousness, and will level all roads for him. He will rebuild my city, and set my exiles free, not for a price or a bribe,’ says the Lord of Armies.

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator  of a new covenant,  and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

Matthew 26:28

For this is my blood of the covenant,   which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Isaiah 32:1

Indeed, a king will reign righteously, and rulers will rule justly.

Hebrews 7:2

and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace.

Isaiah 27:3

I am the Lord, who watches over it to water it regularly. So that no one disturbs it, I watch over it night and day.

Isaiah 41:2

Who has stirred up someone from the east? In righteousness he calls him to serve.  ,, The Lord hands nations over to him, and he subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

Isaiah 45:1

The Lord says this to Cyrus, his anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and disarm   kings, to open doors before him, and even city gates will not be shut:

Jeremiah 12:16

If they will diligently learn the ways of my people   #– #to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal #– #they will be built up among my people.