Isaiah 56:1

Modern English Version

Thus says the Lord: Preserve justice and do righteousness, for My salvation is about to come and My righteousness to be revealed.

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

Blessed are those who keep justice, and he who does righteousness at all times!

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to him who orders his conduct aright, I will show the salvation of God.”

Psalm 85:9

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 33:5

The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Isaiah 46:13

I bring My righteousness near; it shall not be far off, and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will grant salvation in Zion, and My glory for Israel.

Isaiah 51:5

My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, and My arms shall judge the peoples; the coastlands shall wait for Me, and for My arm they shall expectantly wait.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; and I will faithfully give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Isaiah 64:5

You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, those who remember You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we had sinned; in our sins we remained a long time, and shall we be saved?

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Hosea 12:7

A merchant, in whose hands are deceitful balances, he loves to oppress.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good— and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 7:9

I will endure the rage of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until the time when He pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out into the light; I will look upon His vindication.

Malachi 4:4

Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, the statutes and judgments which I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Mark 1:15

saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel.”

John 7:17

If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

Romans 1:17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. As it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”