Isaiah 55:2

New Century Version

Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.

Cross References

Psalm 22:26

Poor people will eat until they are full; those who look to the Lord will praise him. May your hearts live forever!

Psalm 34:11

Children, come and listen to me. I will teach you to worship the Lord.

Psalm 36:8

They eat the rich food in your house, and you let them drink from your river of pleasure.

Psalm 63:5

I will be content as if I had eaten the best foods. My lips will sing, and my mouth will praise you.

Exodus 15:26

He said, “You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”

Proverbs 1:33

But those who listen to me will live in safety and be at peace, without fear of injury.”

Proverbs 7:23

and shot through the liver with an arrow. Like a bird caught in a trap, he didn’t know what he did would kill him.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now, my children, listen to me, because those who follow my ways are happy.

Proverbs 9:5

Come and eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives great wealth, riches, and honor to some people; they have everything they want. But God does not let them enjoy such things; a stranger enjoys them instead. This is useless and very wrong.

Isaiah 1:19

If you become willing and obey me, you will eat good crops from the land.

Isaiah 10:27

Then the troubles that Assyria puts on you will be removed, and the load they make you carry will be taken away.

Isaiah 25:6

The Lord All-Powerful will prepare a feast on this mountain for all people. It will be a feast with all the best food and wine, the finest meat and wine.

Isaiah 44:20

He doesn’t know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way. He cannot save himself or say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 46:6

Some people are rich with gold and weigh their silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god. Then they bow down and worship it.

Isaiah 51:1

The Lord says, “Listen to me, those of you who try to live right and follow the Lord. Look at the rock from which you were cut; look at the stone quarry from which you were dug.

Isaiah 51:4

“My people, listen to me; my nation, pay attention to me. I will give the people my teachings, and my decisions will be like a light to all people.

Isaiah 51:7

“You people who know what is right should listen to me; you people who follow my teachings should hear what I say. Don’t be afraid of the evil things people say, and don’t be upset by their insults.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has made a promise, and by his power he will keep his promise. He said, “I will never again give your grain as food to your enemies. I will not let your enemies drink the new wine that you have worked to make.

Isaiah 62:9

Those who gather food will eat it, and they will praise the Lord. Those who gather the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple.”

Isaiah 65:23

They will never again work for nothing. They will never again give birth to children who die young. All my people will be blessed by the Lord; they and their children will be blessed.

Jeremiah 12:13

The people have planted wheat, but they have harvested only thorns. They have worked hard until they were very tired, but they have nothing for all their work. They are ashamed of their poor harvest, because the Lord’s terrible anger has caused this.”

Jeremiah 17:24

But you must be careful to obey me, says the Lord. You must not bring a load through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, but you must keep the Sabbath as a holy day and not do any work on that day.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have done two evils: They have turned away from me, the spring of living water. And they have dug their own wells, which are broken wells that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 31:14

The priests will have more than enough sacrifices, and my people will be filled with the good things I give them!” says the Lord.

Hosea 12:1

What Israel does is as useless as chasing the wind; he chases the east wind all day. They tell more and more lies and do more and more violence. They make agreements with Assyria, and they send a gift of olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 8:7

“Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind, but they will harvest a storm. Like a stalk with no head of grain, it produces nothing. Even if it produced something, other nations would eat it.

Habakkuk 2:13

The Lord All-Powerful will send fire to destroy what those people have built; all the nations’ work will be for nothing.

Matthew 15:9

Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are nothing but human rules.’ ”

Matthew 22:4

“Then the king sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited that my feast is ready. I have killed my best bulls and calves for the dinner, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.’

Matthew 5:6

They are blessed who hunger and thirst after justice, for they will be satisfied.

Mark 7:14

After Jesus called the crowd to him again, he said, “Every person should listen to me and understand what I am saying.

Luke 15:23

And get our fat calf and kill it so we can have a feast and celebrate.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

Romans 9:31

The people of Israel tried to follow a law to make themselves right with God. But they did not succeed,

Deuteronomy 11:13

If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with your whole being,

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules about foods, which do not help those who obey them.