Isaiah 56:1

New English Translation

This is what the Lord says, “Promote justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly.

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

Psalm 50:23

Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”

Psalm 85:9

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.

Isaiah 33:5

The Lord is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness.

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”

Isaiah 51:5

I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.

Isaiah 64:5

You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.

Hosea 12:7

The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Micah 7:9

I must endure the Lord’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.

Malachi 4:4

“Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.

Matthew 3:2

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach this message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Mark 1:15

He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

Romans 1:17

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.”