Verse 2

Wherefore do ye spend{H8254} money{H3701} for that which is not bread?{H3899} and your labor{H3018} for that which satisfieth{H7654} not?{H3808} hearken{H8085} diligently{H8085} unto me, and eat{H398} ye that which is good,{H2896} and let your soul{H5315} delight{H6026} itself in fatness.{H1880}

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:26 : 26 The meek{H6035} shall eat{H398} and be satisfied;{H7646} They shall praise{H1984} Jehovah{H3068} that seek{H1875} after him: Let your heart{H3824} live{H2421} for ever.{H5703}
  • Jer 31:14 : 14 And I will satiate{H7301} the soul{H5315} of the priests{H3548} with fatness,{H1880} and my people{H5971} shall be satisfied{H7646} with my goodness,{H2898} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow{H2232} the wind,{H7307} and they shall reap{H7114} the whirlwind:{H5492} he hath no standing{H7054} grain; the blade{H6780} shall yield{H6213} no meal;{H7058} if{H194} so be it yield,{H6213} strangers{H2114} shall swallow it up.{H1104}
  • John 6:48-58 : 48 I{G1473} am{G1510} the bread{G740} of life.{G2222} 49 Your{G5216} fathers{G3962} ate{G5315} the manna{G3131} in{G1722} the wilderness,{G2048} and{G2532} they died.{G599} 50 This{G3778} is{G2076} the bread{G740} which cometh down{G2597} out of{G1537} heaven,{G3772} that{G2443} a man{G5100} may eat{G5315} thereof,{G1537} and{G2532} not{G3361} die.{G599} 51 I{G1473} am{G1510} the{G740} living{G2198} bread{G740} which came down{G2597} out of{G1537} heaven:{G3772} if{G1437} any man{G5100} eat{G5315} of{G1537} this{G5127} bread,{G740} he shall live{G2198} for{G1519} ever:{G165} yea and{G2532} the bread{G740} {G1161} which{G3739} I{G1473} will give{G1325} is{G1473} my{G3450} flesh,{G4561} for{G5228} the life{G2222} of the world.{G2889} 52 The Jews{G2453} therefore{G3767} strove{G3164} one{G4314} with another,{G240} saying,{G3004} How{G4459} can{G1410} this man{G3778} give{G1325} us{G2254} his flesh{G4561} to eat?{G5315} 53 Jesus{G2424} therefore{G3767} said{G2036} unto them,{G846} Verily,{G281} verily,{G281} I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} Except{G1437} {G3361} ye eat{G5315} the flesh{G4561} of the Son{G5207} of man{G444} and{G2532} drink{G4095} his{G846} blood,{G129} ye have{G2192} not{G3756} life{G2222} in{G1722} yourselves.{G1438} 54 He that eateth{G5176} my{G3450} flesh{G4561} and{G2532} drinketh{G4095} my{G3450} blood{G129} hath{G2192} eternal{G166} life:{G2222} and{G2532} I{G1473} will raise{G450} him{G846} up{G450} at the{G2250} last{G2078} day.{G2250} 55 For{G1063} my{G3450} flesh{G4561} is{G2076} meat{G1035} indeed,{G230} and{G2532} my{G3450} blood{G129} is{G2076} drink{G4213} indeed.{G230} 56 He that eateth{G5176} my{G3450} flesh{G4561} and{G2532} drinketh{G4095} my{G3450} blood{G129} abideth{G3306} in{G1722} me,{G1698} and I{G2504} in{G1722} him.{G846} 57 As{G2531} the{G3962} living{G2198} Father{G3962} sent{G649} me,{G3165} and I{G2504} live{G2198} because{G1223} of the Father;{G3962} so{G2532} he that eateth{G5176} me,{G3165} he{G2548} also shall live{G2198} because{G1223} of me.{G1691} 58 This{G3778} is{G2076} the bread{G740} which came down{G2597} out of{G1537} heaven:{G3772} not{G3756} as{G2531} the{G5216} fathers{G3962} ate,{G5315} {G3131} and{G2532} died;{G599} he that eateth{G5176} {G740} this{G5126} bread{G740} shall live{G2198} for{G1519} ever.{G165}
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people{H5971} have committed{H6213} two{H8147} evils:{H7451} they have forsaken{H5800} me, the fountain{H4726} of living{H2416} waters,{H4325} and hewed them out{H2672} cisterns,{H877} broken{H7665} cisterns,{H877} that can hold{H3557} no water.{H4325}
  • Exod 15:26 : 26 and he said,{H559} If thou wilt diligently{H8085} hearken{H8085} to the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and wilt do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in his eyes, and wilt give ear{H238} to his commandments,{H4687} and keep{H8104} all his statutes,{H2706} I will put{H7760} none of the diseases{H4245} upon thee, which I have put{H7760} upon the Egyptians:{H4714} for I am Jehovah{H3068} that healeth{H7495} thee.
  • Deut 11:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken{H8085} diligently{H8085} unto my commandments{H4687} which I command{H6680} you this day,{H3117} to love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and to serve{H5647} him with all your heart{H3824} and with all your soul,{H5315}
  • Rom 9:31 : 31 but{G1161} Israel,{G2474} following after{G1377} a law{G3551} of righteousness,{G1343} did{G5348} not{G3756} arrive{G5348} at{G1519} [that] law.{G3551}
  • Rom 10:2-3 : 2 For{G1063} I bear{G3140} them{G846} witness{G3140} that{G3754} they have{G2192} a zeal{G2205} for God,{G2316} but{G235} not{G3756} according to{G2596} knowledge.{G1922} 3 For{G1063} being ignorant of{G50} God's{G2316} righteousness,{G1343} and{G2532} seeking{G2212} to establish{G2476} their own,{G2398} {G1343} they did{G5293} not{G3756} subject themselves{G5293} to the righteousness{G1343} of God.{G2316}
  • Rom 10:17 : 17 So{G686} belief{G4102} [cometh] of{G1537} hearing,{G189} and{G1161} hearing{G189} by{G1537} the word{G4487} of Christ.{G2316}
  • Phil 3:4-7 : 4 though{G2539} I{G1473} myself might{G2192} {G2532} have{G2192} confidence{G4006} even in{G1722} the flesh:{G4561} if{G1487} any{G5100} other{G243} man{G5100} thinketh{G1380} to have confidence{G3982} in{G1722} the flesh,{G4561} I{G1473} yet more:{G3123} 5 circumcised{G4061} the eighth{G3637} day,{G1537} of the stock{G1085} of Israel,{G2474} of the tribe{G5443} of{G1537} Benjamin,{G958} a Hebrew{G1445} of Hebrews;{G1445} as touching{G2596} the law,{G3551} a Pharisee;{G5330} 6 as touching{G2596} zeal,{G2205} persecuting{G1377} the church;{G1577} as touching{G2596} the righteousness{G1343} which{G3588} is{G1096} in{G1722} the law,{G3551} found blameless.{G273} 7 Howbeit{G235} what things{G3748} were{G2258} gain{G2771} to me,{G3427} these{G5023} have I counted{G2233} loss{G2209} for{G1223} Christ.{G5547}
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Be{G4064} not{G3361} carried away{G4064} by divers{G4164} and{G2532} strange{G3581} teachings:{G1322} for{G1063} it is good{G2570} that{G2570} the heart{G2588} be established{G950} by grace;{G5485} not{G3756} by meats,{G1033} wherein{G3739} {G1722} they that occupied{G4043} themselves were{G5623} not{G3756} profited.{G5623}
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim{H669} feedeth{H7462} on wind,{H7307} and followeth{H7291} after the east wind:{H6921} he continually{H3117} multiplieth{H7235} lies{H3577} and desolation;{H7701} and they make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with Assyria,{H804} and oil{H8081} is carried{H2986} into Egypt.{H4714}
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} that the peoples{H5971} labor{H3021} for the{H1767} fire,{H784} and the nations{H3816} weary{H3286} themselves for{H1767} vanity?{H7385}
  • Matt 15:9 : 9 But{G1161} in vain{G3155} do they worship{G4576} me,{G3165} Teaching{G1321} [as their] doctrines{G1319} the precepts{G1778} of men.{G444}
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again{G3825} he sent forth{G649} other{G243} servants,{G1401} saying,{G3004} Tell{G2036} them that are bidden,{G2564} Behold,{G2400} I have made ready{G2090} my{G3450} dinner;{G712} my{G3450} oxen{G5022} and{G2532} my fatlings{G4619} are killed,{G2380} and{G2532} all things{G3956} are ready:{G2092} come{G1205} to{G1519} the marriage{G1062} feast.
  • Mark 7:14 : 14 And{G2532} he called{G4341} to him the{G3956} multitude{G3793} again, and said{G3004} unto them,{G846} Hear{G191} me{G3450} all{G3956} of you, and{G2532} understand:{G4920}
  • Luke 15:15-16 : 15 And{G2532} he went{G4198} and joined himself{G2853} to{G1520} one of the citizens{G4177} of that{G1565} country;{G5561} and{G2532} he sent{G3992} him{G846} into{G1519} his{G846} fields{G68} to feed{G1006} swine.{G5519} 16 And{G2532} he would fain{G1937} have filled{G1072} his{G846} belly{G2836} with{G575} the husks{G2769} that{G3739} the swine{G5519} did eat:{G2068} and{G2532} no man{G3762} gave{G1325} unto him.{G846}
  • Luke 15:23 : 23 and{G2532} bring{G5342} the fatted{G4618} calf,{G3448} [and] kill{G2380} it, and{G2532} let us eat,{G5315} and make merry:{G2165}
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come,{H3212} ye children,{H1121} hearken{H8085} unto me: I will teach{H3925} you the fear{H3374} of Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied{H7301} with the fatness{H1880} of thy house;{H1004} And thou wilt make them drink{H8248} of the river{H5158} of thy pleasures.{H5730}
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul{H5315} shall be satisfied{H7646} as with marrow{H2459} and fatness;{H1880} And my mouth{H6310} shall praise{H1984} thee with joyful{H7445} lips;{H8193}
  • Prov 1:33 : 33 But whoso hearkeneth{H8085} unto me shall dwell{H7931} securely,{H983} And shall be quiet{H7599} without fear{H6343} of evil.{H7451}
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Till an arrow{H2671} strike{H6398} through his liver;{H3516} As a bird{H6833} hasteth{H4116} to the snare,{H6341} And knoweth{H3045} not that it is for his life.{H5315}
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore, [my] sons,{H1121} hearken{H8085} unto me; For blessed{H835} are they that keep{H8104} my ways.{H1870}
  • Prov 9:5 : 5 Come,{H3212} eat{H3898} ye of my bread,{H3899} And drink{H8354} of the wine{H3196} which I have mingled.{H4537}
  • Eccl 6:2 : 2 a man{H376} to whom God{H430} giveth{H5414} riches,{H6239} wealth,{H6239} and honor,{H3519} so that he lacketh{H2638} nothing for his soul{H5315} of all that he desireth,{H183} yet God{H430} giveth him not power{H7980} to eat{H398} thereof, but an alien{H376} eateth{H398} it; this is vanity,{H1892} and it is an evil{H7451} disease.{H2483}
  • Isa 1:19 : 19 If ye be willing{H14} and obedient,{H8085} ye shall eat{H398} the good{H2898} of the land:{H776}
  • Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain{H2022} will Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} make{H6213} unto all peoples{H5971} a feast{H4960} of fat things,{H8081} a feast{H4960} of wines on the lees,{H8105} of fat things{H8081} full of marrow,{H4229} of wines on the lees{H8105} well refined.{H2212}
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth{H7462} on ashes;{H665} a deceived{H2048} heart{H3820} hath turned him aside;{H5186} and he cannot deliver{H5337} his soul,{H5315} nor say,{H559} Is there not a lie{H8267} in my right hand?{H3225}
  • Isa 46:6 : 6 Such as lavish{H2107} gold{H2091} out of the bag,{H3599} and weigh{H8254} silver{H3701} in the balance,{H7070} they hire{H7936} a goldsmith,{H6884} and he maketh{H6213} it a god;{H410} they fall down,{H5456} yea, they worship.{H7812}
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken{H8085} to me, ye that follow after{H7291} righteousness,{H6664} ye that seek{H1245} Jehovah:{H3068} look{H5027} unto the rock{H6697} whence ye were hewn,{H2672} and to the hole{H4718} of the pit{H953} whence ye were digged.{H5365}
  • Isa 51:4 : 4 Attend{H7181} unto me, O my people;{H5971} and give ear{H238} unto me, O my nation:{H3816} for a law{H8451} shall go forth{H3318} from me, and I will establish{H7280} my justice{H4941} for a light{H216} of the peoples.{H5971}
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken{H8085} unto me, ye that know{H3045} righteousness,{H6664} the people{H5971} in whose heart{H3820} is my law;{H8451} fear{H3372} ye not the reproach{H2781} of men,{H582} neither be ye dismayed{H2865} at their revilings.{H1421}