Isaiah 55:8

New International Reader's Version

“My thoughts are not like your thoughts. And your ways are not like my ways,” announces the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:19

I would have thought that you had already done more than enough for me. But now, Lord and King, you have also said what will happen to my royal house in days to come. And, my Lord and King, this promise is for a mere human being!

2 Kings 5:11

But Naaman went away angry. He said, “I was sure Elisha would come out to me. I thought he would stand there and pray to the Lord his God. I thought he would wave his hand over my skin. Then I would be healed.

Job 35:5

Look up at the heavens. Observe the clouds that are high above you.

Psalm 25:10

All the Lord’s ways are loving and faithful toward those who obey what his covenant commands.

Psalm 33:11

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever. What he wants to do will last for all time.

Psalm 40:5

Lord my God, no one can compare with you. You have done many wonderful things. You have planned to do these things for us. There are too many of them for me to talk about.

Psalm 92:5

Lord, how great are the things you do! How wise your thoughts are!

Proverbs 21:8

The path of those who are guilty is crooked. But the conduct of those who are not guilty is honest.

Proverbs 25:3

The heavens are high and the earth is deep. In the same way, the minds of kings are impossible to figure out.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord who rules over all has made a promise. He has said, “You can be sure that what I have planned will happen. What I have decided will take place.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.

Isaiah 58:13

“Do not work on the Sabbath day. Do not do just anything you want to on my holy day. Make the Sabbath a day you can enjoy. Honor the Lord’s holy day. Do not work on it. Do not do just anything you want to. Do not talk about things that are worthless.

Isaiah 65:2

All day long I have held out my hands to welcome a stubborn nation. They lead sinful lives. They go where their evil thoughts take them.

Isaiah 66:18

“They have planned to do many evil things. And they have carried out their plans. So I will come and gather the people of every nation and language. They will see my glory when I act.

Jeremiah 3:1

“Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:29

But the Israelites still say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ People of Israel, what I do is always fair. What you do is not.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right. All his ways are fair. He is able to bring down those who live proudly.

Hosea 14:9

If someone is wise, they will realize that what I’ve said is true. If they have understanding, they will know what it means. The ways of the Lord are right. People who are right with God live the way he wants them to. But those who refuse to obey him trip and fall.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider how handsome or tall he is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outside of a person. But the Lord looks at what is in the heart.”