Isaiah 56:6

Modern English Version

Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to the Lord to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, and to be His servants, to everyone who keeps from polluting the Sabbath and takes hold of My covenant,

Cross References

1 Kings 8:41

“Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel and comes from a far country for Your name’s sake

Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. Then the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 44:5

One will say, “I am the Lord’s”; another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write on his hand, “Belonging to the Lord,” and name himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 58:13

If because of the Sabbath you turn away your foot from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Isaiah 60:10

The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you.

Isaiah 61:5

Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

Isaiah 61:6

But you shall be named the priests of the Lord; men shall call you the ministers of our God. You shall eat the riches of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast.

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask for the way to Zion with their faces in its direction. They will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that will not be forgotten.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they despised My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live. And My Sabbaths they greatly polluted. Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

Ezekiel 47:22

It shall come to pass that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the foreigners who sojourn among you, who shall bear sons among you. And they shall be to you as born in the country among the Israelites. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

Zechariah 6:15

And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you all shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you. This shall happen if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart.

Acts 2:41

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

2 Corinthians 8:5

This they did, not as we expected. First, they gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith which works through love.

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 1:10

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet,