Isaiah 58:2

Modern English Version

Yet they seek Me daily and delight to know My ways, as a nation that has done righteousness and has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching God.

Cross References

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on Your precepts, and have respect unto Your ways.

Psalm 119:151

You are near, O  Lord, and all Your commandments are truth.

Psalm 119:87

They have almost destroyed me on earth, but I did not forsake Your precepts.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Isaiah 1:28

But the destruction of the transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are estranged and backward.

Isaiah 29:13

Therefore, the Lord said: Because this people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is tradition by the precept of men,

Isaiah 42:20

You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but no one hears.

Isaiah 57:12

I will declare your righteousness, and your works, yet they shall not profit you.

Isaiah 57:3

But draw near to here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and prostitute.

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing, and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the Lord your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few out of many, as your eyes now see us.

Jeremiah 42:20

For you have only deceived yourselves when you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God. And according to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 7:10

and come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, “We are delivered,” so that you may do all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:9

Shall you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

Ezekiel 20:3

Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

Amos 5:18

Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! Why do you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light,

Mark 12:14

When they came to Him, they said, “Teacher, we know that You are true and swayed by no man. For You do not regard the person of men, but truthfully teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Mark 6:20

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

John 5:35

He was a burning and a shining lamp, and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God, but in their deeds they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and worthless for every good work.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.