Isaiah 58:2

The English Standar Version

Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

Cross References

Psalm 119:15

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

Psalm 119:151

But 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 acceptable to him.

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

Isaiah 42:20

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

Isaiah 57:12

I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.

Isaiah 57:3

But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant -- because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us --

Jeremiah 42:20

that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. For you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the LORD our God, and whatever the LORD our God says declare to 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 delivered!' -- 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

"Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD, Is it to inquire of me that you come? As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why would you have the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light,

Mark 12:14

And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances,[3] but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?"

Mark 6:20

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.

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 works. 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.