Isaiah 40:13

New Century Version

Who has known the mind of the Lord or been able to give him advice?

Cross References

Genesis 1:2

The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water.

Job 21:22

“No one can teach knowledge to God; he is the one who judges even the most important people.

Isaiah 41:28

I look at the idols, but there is not one that can answer. None of them can give advice; none of them can answer my questions.

Jeremiah 23:18

But none of these prophets has stood in the meeting of angels to see or hear the message of the Lord. None of them has paid close attention to his message.

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father. And no one knows who the Father is, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.”

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

Romans 11:34

As the Scripture says, “Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been able to give him advice?”

1 Corinthians 2:16

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who has been able to teach him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.