Isaiah 42:16

New Century Version

Then I will lead the blind along a way they never knew; I will guide them along paths they have not known. I will make the darkness become light for them, and the rough ground smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not leave my people.

Cross References

Psalm 94:14

The Lord won’t leave his people nor give up his children.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

If something is crooked, you can’t make it straight. If something is missing, you can’t say it is there.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Look at what God has done: No one can straighten what he has bent.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of life is level for those who are right with God; Lord, you make the way of life smooth for those people.

Isaiah 29:18

At that time the deaf will hear the words in a book. Instead of having darkness and gloom, the blind will see.

Isaiah 29:24

People who do wrong will now understand. Those who complain will accept being taught.”

Isaiah 30:18

The Lord wants to show his mercy to you. He wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord is a fair God, and everyone who waits for his help will be happy.

Isaiah 30:21

If you go the wrong way—to the right or to the left—you will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the right way. You should go this way.”

Isaiah 32:3

People will look to the king for help, and they will truly listen to what he says.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the blind people will see again, and the deaf will hear.

Isaiah 35:8

A road will be there; this highway will be called “The Road to Being Holy.” Evil people will not be allowed to walk on that road; only good people will walk on it. No fools will go on it.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley should be raised up, and every mountain and hill should be made flat. The rough ground should be made level, and the rugged ground should be made smooth.

Isaiah 41:17

“The poor and needy people look for water, but they can’t find any. Their tongues are dry with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.

Isaiah 41:3

He chases them and is never hurt, going places he has never been before.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before you and make the mountains flat. I will break down the bronze gates of the cities and cut through their iron bars.

Isaiah 45:7

I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 48:17

This is what the Lord, who saves you, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to do what is good, who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 52:12

You will not be forced to leave Babylon quickly; you will not be forced to run away, because the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will guard you from behind.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be taught by the Lord, and they will have much peace.

Isaiah 58:10

if you feed those who are hungry and take care of the needs of those who are troubled, then your light will shine in the darkness, and you will be bright like sunshine at noon.

Isaiah 62:12

His people will be called the Holy People, the Saved People of the Lord, and Jerusalem will be called the City God Wants, the City God Has Not Rejected.

Ezekiel 14:23

You will be comforted when you see what happens to them for living as they did, because you will know there was a good reason for what I did to Jerusalem, says the Lord God.”

Hosea 2:14

“So I am going to attract her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:6

So I will block her road with thornbushes; I will build a wall around her so she cannot find her way.

Amos 5:8

God is the one who made the star groups Pleiades and Orion; he changes darkness into the morning light, and the day into dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea to pour out on the earth. The Lord is his name.

Luke 3:5

Every valley should be filled in, and every mountain and hill should be made flat. Roads with turns should be made straight, and rough roads should be made smooth.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to the light, away from the power of Satan and to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can have a place with those people who have been made holy by believing in me.’

Ephesians 5:8

In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.”

Joshua 3:4

That way you will know which way to go since you have never been here before. But do not follow too closely. Stay about a thousand yards behind the Ark.”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.