Isaiah 55:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.

Cross References

Psalm 22:26

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live for ever!

Psalm 34:11

Come, O sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 36:8

They feast on the abundance of thy house, and thou givest them drink from the river of thy delights.

Psalm 63:5

My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,

Exodus 15:26

saying, “If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord, your healer.”

Proverbs 1:33

but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil.”

Proverbs 7:23

till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 8:32

And now, my sons, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.

Proverbs 9:5

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

Ecclesiastes 6:2

a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them; this is vanity; it is a sore affliction.

Isaiah 1:19

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

Isaiah 10:27

And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke will be destroyed from your neck.” He has gone up from Rimmon,

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Isaiah 46:6

Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!

Isaiah 51:1

“Hearken to me, you who pursue deliverance, you who seek the Lord; look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were digged.

Isaiah 51:4

“Listen to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go forth from me, and my justice for a light to the peoples.

Isaiah 51:7

“Hearken to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not dismayed at their revilings.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored;

Isaiah 62:9

but those who garner it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”

Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their children with them.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 17:24

“ ‘But if you listen to me, says the Lord, and bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but keep the sabbath day holy and do no work on it,

Jeremiah 2:13

for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 31:14

I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says the Lord.”

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim herds the wind, and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a bargain with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught?

Matthew 15:9

in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ ”

Matthew 22:4

Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.’

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Mark 7:14

And he called the people to him again, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:

Luke 15:23

and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.

Romans 9:31

but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

Deuteronomy 11:13

“And if you will obey my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.