Isaiah 58:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they want God on their side.

Cross References

Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

Psalm 119:151

Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true.

Psalm 119:87

They have almost made an end of me on earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who act corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, [[who are utterly estranged!]]

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said: Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,

Isaiah 42:20

He sees many things, but he does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

Isaiah 57:12

I will announce your verdict, and the objects you made will not help you.

Isaiah 57:3

But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing and denying the Lord and turning away from following our God, talking oppression and revolt, conceiving lying words and uttering them from the heart.

Jeremiah 42:2

the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Be good enough to listen to our plea, and pray to the Lord your God for us—for all this remnant. For there are only a few of us left out of many, as your eyes can see.

Jeremiah 42:20

that you have made a fatal mistake. For you yourselves sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and whatever the Lord our God says, tell us, and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 7:10

and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, “We are safe!”—only to go on doing all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:9

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known

Ezekiel 20:3

Mortal, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Why are you coming? To consult me? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be consulted by you.

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness, not light,

Mark 12:14

And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Mark 6:20

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.