Isaiah 49:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain. Therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Cross References

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not. Behold, your God will bring the revenge of recompense. God himself will come and will save you.

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest perhaps I have laboured in vain among you.

2 Corinthians 12:15

But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?

Matthew 17:17

And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

Ezekiel 3:19

But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Isaiah 65:23

My elect shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.

Isaiah 62:11

Behold, the Lord hath made it to be heard in the ends of the earth. Tell the daughter of Sion: Behold, thy Saviour cometh. Behold, his reward is with him and his work before him.

Isaiah 40:10

Behold, the Lord God shall come with strength: and his arm shall rule. Behold, his reward is with him and his work is before him.

Hebrews 12:2

Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he saith: All the day long have I spread my hands to a people that believeth not, and contradicteth me.

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Luke 24:26

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?

Isaiah 65:2

I have spread forth my hands all the day to an unbelieving people, who walk in a way that is not good after their own thoughts.

Leviticus 26:20

Your labour shall be spent in vain: the ground shall not bring forth her increase: nor the trees yield their fruit.

Philippians 2:16

Holding forth the word of life to my glory in the day of Christ, because I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, thou art my God. I will exalt thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old, faithful. Amen.

Isaiah 40:27

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord and my judgment is passed over from my God?

Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord God.

Isaiah 59:18

As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God. For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation and with the robe of justice he hath covered me: as a bridegroom decked with a crown and as a bride adorned with her jewels.

1 Kings 19:10

And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant. They have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left: and they seek my life to take it away.