Isaiah 55:11

The English Standar Version

so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: 'To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.'[4]

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief;[7] when his soul makes[8] an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Isaiah 54:9

"This is like the days of Noah[1] to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you.

Isaiah 59:21

"And as for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring," says the LORD, "from this time forth and forevermore."

Jeremiah 1:11

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see an almond[1] branch."

Jeremiah 1:12

Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."

Jeremiah 1:13

The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north."

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.

Jeremiah 25:13

I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.

Ezekiel 24:14

I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord GOD."

Amos 6:11

For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, As the LORD of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us."

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Deuteronomy 32:2

May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God constantly[4] for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Hebrews 6:7

For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 Samuel 3:19

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.