Isaiah 42:16

God's Word

I will lead the blind on unfamiliar roads. I will lead them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light in front of them. I will make rough places smooth. These are the things I will do for them, and I will never abandon them.

Cross References

Psalm 94:14

The Lord will never desert his people or abandon those who belong to him.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

No one can straighten what is bent. No one can count what is not there.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider what God has done! Who can straighten what God has bent?

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level. O Upright One, you make the road of the righteous smooth.

Isaiah 29:18

When that day comes, the deaf will hear the words written in the book. The blind will see out of their gloom and darkness.

Isaiah 29:24

Then those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding, and those who complain will accept instruction.

Isaiah 30:18

The Lord is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. The Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 30:21

You will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way. Follow it, whether it turns to the right or to the left.”

Isaiah 32:3

Then the vision of those who can see won’t be blurred, and the ears of those who can hear will pay attention.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unplugged.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway will be there, a roadway. It will be called the Holy Road. Sinners won’t travel on it. It will be for those who walk on it. Godless fools won’t wander ⌞onto it⌟.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley will be raised. Every mountain and hill will be lowered. Steep places will be made level. Rough places will be made smooth.

Isaiah 41:17

“The poor and needy are looking for water, but there is none. Their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

Isaiah 41:3

He chases them, marching by safely on a path his feet have never traveled before.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go ahead of you, Cyrus, and smooth out the rough places. I will break down the bronze doors and cut through the iron bars.

Isaiah 45:7

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 48:17

This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the Lord your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.

Isaiah 52:12

You will not go away in a hurry, nor will you go away quickly. The Lord will go ahead of you. The God of Israel will guard you from behind.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be taught by the Lord, and your children will have unlimited peace.

Isaiah 58:10

If you give some of your own food to ⌞feed⌟ those who are hungry and to satisfy ⌞the needs of⌟ those who are humble, then your light will rise in the dark, and your darkness will become as bright as the noonday sun.

Isaiah 62:12

They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by the Lord, and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.

Ezekiel 14:23

You will be comforted when you see how they live. Then you will know that everything I have done was done for a reason,” declares the Almighty Lord.

Hosea 2:14

“That is why I’m going to win her back. I will lead her into the desert. I will speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:6

“That is why I will block her way with thornbushes and build a wall so that she can’t get through.

Amos 5:8

God made the ⌞constellations⌟ Pleiades and Orion. He turns deep darkness into dawn. He turns day into night. He calls for water from the sea to pour it over the face of the earth. His name is the Lord.

Luke 3:5

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight. The rough roads will be made smooth.

Acts 26:18

You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’

Ephesians 5:8

Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord has filled you with light. Live as children who have light.

Hebrews 13:5

Don’t love money. Be happy with what you have because God has said, “I will never abandon you or leave you.”

Joshua 3:4

However, stay about half a mile behind them. Don’t come any closer to them so that you will know which way to go because you have not gone this way before.”

1 Peter 2:9

However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.