Isaiah 65:2

God's Word

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

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.

Psalm 36:4

He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.

Psalm 36:5

O Lord, your mercy reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

Proverbs 1:24

“I called, and you refused to listen. I stretched out my hands to you, and no one paid attention.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent person misleads his neighbor and leads him on a path that is not good.

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, heaven, and pay attention, earth! The Lord has spoken, “I raised ⌞my⌟ children and helped them grow, but they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They don’t notice the widows’ pleas.

Isaiah 30:1

The Lord declares, “How horrible it will be for those rebellious children. They carry out plans, but not mine. They make alliances against my will. They pile sin on top of sin.

Isaiah 30:9

These people are rebellious and deceitful children, children who refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 55:7

Let wicked people abandon their ways. Let evil people abandon their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord, and he will show compassion to them. Let them return to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Isaiah 55:8

“My thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are not your ways,” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and offended his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy; he fought against them.

Isaiah 66:18

Because of their actions and their thoughts, I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They will come and see my glory.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog’s neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who ⌞offers⌟ pig’s blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in detestable things.

Isaiah 66:4

So I will choose harsh treatment for them and bring on them what they fear. I called, but no one answered. I spoke, but they didn’t listen. They did what I consider evil. They chose what I don’t like.

Jeremiah 18:12

“But they will answer, ‘It’s useless! We’ll live the way we want to. We’ll go our own stubborn, evil ways.’

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. All nations will gather in Jerusalem because the name of the Lord will be found there. They will no longer follow their own stubborn, evil ways.

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be rescued. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Jeremiah 5:23

But these people are stubborn and rebellious. They have turned aside and wandered away from me.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. They followed their own plans and their stubborn, evil ways. They went backward and not forward.

Numbers 15:39

Whenever you look at the threads in the tassel, you will remember all the Lord’s commands and obey them. Then you won’t do whatever you want and go after whatever you see, as if you were chasing after prostitutes.

Matthew 15:19

Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, ⌞other⌟ sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.

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 13:34

“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!

Romans 10:21

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

Romans 2:5

Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.

Deuteronomy 29:19

Someone may hear the conditions of this promise. He may think that he is so blessed that he can say, “I’ll be safe even if I go my own stubborn way. After all, ⌞the Lord would never⌟ sweep away well-watered ground along with dry ground.”

Deuteronomy 31:27

I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against the Lord. How much more rebellious will you be after I die?

Deuteronomy 9:7

Never forget how you made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You’ve rebelled against the Lord from the day you left Egypt until you came here.