Isaiah 40:13

New International Reader's Version

Who can ever understand the Spirit of the Lord? Who can ever give him advice?

Cross References

Genesis 1:2

The earth didn’t have any shape. And it was empty. There was darkness over the surface of the waves. At that time, the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Job 21:22

“Can anyone teach God anything? After all, he judges even the angels in heaven.

Isaiah 41:28

I look, but there is no one among the gods that can give me advice. None of them can answer when I ask them the simplest question.

Jeremiah 23:18

But which of them has ever stood in my courts? Have they been there to see a vision or hear my message? Who has listened and heard my message there?

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given all things to me. The Father is the only one who knows who the Son is. And the only ones who know the Father are the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to make the Father known.”

John 1:13

To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.

Romans 11:34

“Who can ever know what the Lord is thinking? Or who can ever give him advice?” (Isaiah 40:13)

1 Corinthians 2:16

“Who can ever know what is in the Lord’s mind? Can anyone ever teach him?” (Isaiah 40:13) But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 1:11

We were also chosen to belong to him. God decided to choose us long ago in keeping with his plan. He works out everything to fit his plan and purpose.