Isaiah 51:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

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  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
  • Gen 17:15-17 : 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
  • Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith: 31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law. 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Isa 55:2-3 : 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; 4 and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you] ; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
  • Ps 24:6 : 6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, [even] Jacob. {{Selah
  • Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. 4 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
  • Isa 51:4 : 4 Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

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  • 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

  • 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

  • 18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.

  • 27who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

  • 16What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

  • 12Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

  • 18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

  • 21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

  • 23Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come?

  • 1[[ A Psalm] of David]. Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • 4Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

  • 21And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:

  • 14And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

  • 1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:

  • 2Bow down thine ear unto me; Deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

  • 6Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

  • 1Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

  • 15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

  • 23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

  • Ps 61:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1[For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. [A Psalm] of David]. Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer.

    2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

  • Jer 2:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

    5thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  • 1Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

  • 11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

  • 3Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.

  • 12And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

  • 2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • 10For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.

  • 29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

  • 6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

  • 17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • 7In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

  • 11ye made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto him that had done this, neither had ye respect unto him that purposed it long ago.

  • 8Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages:

  • 9thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;

  • 1Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

  • 1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:

  • 6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

  • 15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

  • 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.

  • 3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

  • 19O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.

  • 4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?

  • 1[A Song of Ascents]. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.

  • 4For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

  • 2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  • 1Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

  • 7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • 31O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?