Isaiah 49:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But I myself said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the  Lord, and my reward is with my God.

Cross References

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the cowardly: ‘Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.’

Galatians 4:11

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labour for you has been wasted.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.  , If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 2:15

For to God we are the fragrance  of Christ among those who are being saved  and among those who are perishing.

Matthew 23:37

‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem,   who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks   under her wings, but you were not willing!

Matthew 17:17

Jesus replied, ‘You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.’

Ezekiel 3:19

But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have rescued yourself.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labour without success or bear children destined for disaster, for they will be a people blessed by the  Lord along with their descendants.

Isaiah 62:11

Look, the Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, ‘Say to Daughter Zion: Look, your salvation is coming, his wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him.’

Isaiah 40:10

See, the Lord God comes with strength, and his power establishes his rule. His wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him.

Hebrews 12:2

keeping our eyes on Jesus,  the pioneer and perfecter  of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,  he endured the cross, despising the shame,  and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people.   ,

John 1:11

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

Luke 24:26

Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer   these things and enter into his glory? ’

Isaiah 65:2

I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.

Leviticus 26:20

and your strength will be used up for nothing.  Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Philippians 2:16

by holding firm to the word  of life. Then I can boast  in the day of Christ  that I didn’t run or labour for nothing.

Proverbs 29:26

Many desire a ruler’s favour, but a person receives justice from the  Lord.

Isaiah 25:1

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

Isaiah 40:27

Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert, ‘My way is hidden from the  Lord, and my claim is ignored by my God’?

Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace for the wicked,’ says my God.

Isaiah 59:18

So he will repay according to their deeds: fury to his enemies, retribution to his foes, and he will repay the coasts and islands.

Isaiah 61:10

I rejoice greatly in the  Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

1 Kings 19:10

He replied, ‘I have been very zealous  for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant,  torn down your altars,  and killed your prophets  with the sword. I alone am left,  and they are looking for me to take my life.’