Isaiah 55:2

New King James Version

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Psalm 36:8

They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

Psalm 22:26

The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

Jeremiah 31:14

I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

Hosea 8:7

“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

Isaiah 51:7

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults.

Mark 7:14

When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand:

Matthew 22:4

Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’

Isaiah 51:1

“Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

Psalm 63:5

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

Romans 9:31

but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

Matthew 15:9

And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

Isaiah 51:4

“Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples.

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

Proverbs 9:5

“Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.

Psalm 34:11

Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Romans 10:17

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Luke 15:23

And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

Hosea 12:1

“Ephraim feeds on the wind, And pursues the east wind; He daily increases lies and desolation. Also they make a covenant with the Assyrians, And oil is carried to Egypt.

Isaiah 46:6

They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver on the scales; They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.

Isaiah 25:6

And in this mountain The Lord of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

Deuteronomy 11:13

‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Exodus 15:26

and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Proverbs 7:23

Till an arrow struck his liver. As a bird hastens to the snare, He did not know it would cost his life.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil.”

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Isaiah 10:27

It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has sworn by His right hand And by the arm of His strength: “Surely I will no longer give your grain As food for your enemies; And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine, For which you have labored.

Isaiah 62:9

But those who have gathered it shall eat it, And praise the Lord; Those who have brought it together shall drink it in My holy courts.”

Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 17:24

“And it shall be, if you heed Me carefully,” says the Lord, “to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it,