Isaiah 49:4

New English Translation

But I thought, “I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”

Proverbs 29:26

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.

Isaiah 35:4

Tell those who panic, “Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”

Isaiah 40:10

Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

Isaiah 40:27

Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, “The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

Isaiah 57:21

There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Isaiah 59:18

He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

Isaiah 62:11

Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

Isaiah 65:2

I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

Ezekiel 3:19

But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Luke 24:26

Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

John 1:11

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

Romans 10:21

But about Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!”

2 Corinthians 12:15

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing –

Galatians 4:11

I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

Philippians 2:16

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

Hebrews 12:2

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.