Isaiah 42:21

New English Translation

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

Cross References

Psalm 138:2

I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.

Psalm 40:8

I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”

Psalm 71:16

I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice – yours alone.

Psalm 71:19

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

Isaiah 51:4

Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

Matthew 3:15

So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

Romans 3:31

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)

Galatians 3:21

Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

Deuteronomy 4:6

So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.”

Deuteronomy 4:8

And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness – a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.

Hebrews 8:10

“For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.