Isaiah 11:4

New English Translation

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.

Job 15:30

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

Job 4:9

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Psalm 110:2

The Lord extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Psalm 18:8

Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

Psalm 2:9

You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’”

Psalm 76:10

Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

Isaiah 14:30

The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

Isaiah 16:5

Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David’s family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice.

Isaiah 2:4

He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

Isaiah 26:6

It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

Isaiah 29:19

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, “It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

Isaiah 30:28

His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one’s neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

Isaiah 30:31

Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.

Isaiah 30:33

For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

Isaiah 32:1

Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.

Isaiah 32:7

A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king – he will deliver us.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

Isaiah 9:7

His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord’s intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.

Jeremiah 33:15

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. “‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 5:28

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Hosea 6:5

Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.

Malachi 4:6

He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.”

Matthew 11:5

The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Matthew 5:5

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) –

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.

Titus 3:2

They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

James 3:13

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

Revelation 1:16

He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice he judges and goes to war.

Revelation 19:15

From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.

Revelation 2:16

Therefore, repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of my mouth.