Isaiah 42:21

The Passion Translation

For the sake of his righteousness, Yahweh was eager to exalt his law and make it glorious.

Cross References

Psalm 138:2

I bow down before your divine presence and bring you my deepest worship as I experience your tender love and your living truth. For your Word and the fame of your name have been magnified above all else!

Psalm 40:8

I delight to fulfill your will, my God, for your living words are written upon the pages of my heart.”

Psalm 71:16

I will come forth in your mighty strength, O my Lord God. I’ll tell everyone that you alone are the perfect one.

Psalm 71:19

For your glorious righteousness reaches up to the high heavens. No one could ever be compared to you! Who is your equal, O God of marvels and wonders?

Isaiah 42:4

His inner being will not become faint or discouraged, nor will his light grow dim before he establishes justice on the earth. Even the distant lands beyond the seas will hunger for his instruction.”

Isaiah 51:4

“Listen to me, my people; pay attention to me, my nation. For I release my teaching to the nations, and I will cause the light of justice to rest on them.

Matthew 17:5

But while Peter was still speaking, a bright radiant cloud spread over them, enveloping them all. And God’s voice suddenly spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!”

Matthew 3:15

Jesus replied, “It is only right to do all that God requires.” Then John baptized Jesus.

Matthew 3:17

Then suddenly the voice of the Father shouted from the sky, saying, “This is my Son—the Beloved! My greatest delight is in him.”

John 15:10

If you keep my commands, you will live in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by his love.

John 8:29

I am his messenger and he is always with me, for I only do that which delights his heart.”

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law. And because of him, God has transferred his perfect righteousness to all who believe.

Romans 3:31

Does emphasizing our faith invalidate the law? Absolutely not. Instead, our faith establishes the role the law should rightfully have.

Romans 7:12

So then, we have to conclude that the problem is not with the law itself, for the law is holy and its commandments are correct and for our good.

Galatians 3:13

Yet, Christ paid the full price to set us free from the curse of the law. He absorbed the curse completely as he became a curse in our place. For it is written: “Everyone who is hung upon a tree is cursed.”

Galatians 3:21

Since that’s true, should we consider the written law to be contrary to the promise of new life? How absurd! Truly, if there was a law that we could keep which would give us new life, then our salvation would have come by law-keeping.

Philippians 3:9

My passion is to be consumed with him and not cling to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My only “righteousness” will be his, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God.

Hebrews 8:10

For here is the covenant I will one day establish with the people of Israel: I will embed my laws within their thoughts and fasten them onto their hearts. I will be their loyal God and they will be my loyal people.