Isaiah 49:4

God's Word

But I said, “I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn’t accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the Lord’s hands, and my reward is with my God.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “Lord God of Armies, I have eagerly served you. The Israelites have abandoned your promises, torn down your altars, and executed your prophets. I’m the only one left, and they’re trying to take my life.”

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but justice for humanity comes from the Lord.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God. I will highly honor you; I will praise your name. You have done miraculous things. You have been completely reliable in carrying out your plans from long ago.

Isaiah 35:4

Tell those who are terrified, “Be brave; don’t be afraid. Your God will come with vengeance, with divine revenge. He will come and rescue you.”

Isaiah 40:10

The Almighty Lord is coming with power to rule with authority. His reward is with him, and the people he has won arrive ahead of him.

Isaiah 40:27

Jacob, why do you complain? Israel, why do you say, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my rights are ignored by my God”?

Isaiah 57:21

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

Isaiah 59:18

He will pay them back according to their deeds. He will pay back his opponents with wrath and punish his enemies. He will pay back the people who live on the coastlands.

Isaiah 61:10

I will find joy in the Lord. I will delight in my God. He has dressed me in the clothes of salvation. He has wrapped me in the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom with a priest’s turban, like a bride with her jewels.

Isaiah 62:11

The Lord has announced to the ends of the earth: “Tell my people Zion, ‘Your Savior is coming. His reward is with him, and the people he has won arrive ahead of him.’ ”

Isaiah 65:2

I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people. They chose to go the wrong direction. They followed their own plans.

Isaiah 65:23

They will never again work for nothing. They will never again give birth to children who die young, because they will be offspring blessed by the Lord. The Lord will bless their descendants as well.

Ezekiel 3:19

But suppose you warn the wicked people, and they don’t turn from their wicked ways. Then they will die because of their sin, but you will save yourself.

Leviticus 26:20

You will work hard for nothing because your land will produce no crops and the trees will produce no fruit.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and corrupt generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!”

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing!

Luke 24:26

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

John 1:11

He went to his own people, and his own people didn’t accept him.

Romans 10:21

Then Isaiah said about Israel, “All day long I have stretched out my hands to disobedient and rebellious people.”

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will be very glad to spend whatever I have. I’ll even give myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

2 Corinthians 2:15

To God we are the aroma of Christ among those who are saved and among those who are dying.

Galatians 4:11

I’m afraid for you. Maybe the hard work I spent on you has been wasted.

Philippians 2:16

as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I can brag on the day of Christ that my effort was not wasted and that my work produced results.

Hebrews 12:2

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.