Isaiah 48:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

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  • Isa 66:12 : 12 For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.
  • Deut 32:29 : 29 If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
  • Isa 32:15-18 : 15 Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood. 16 Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field. 17 And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever. 18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.
  • Amos 5:24 : 24 But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it, 42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Isa 45:8 : 8 Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.
  • Ps 36:8 : 8 The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
  • Ps 81:13-16 : 13 If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways! 14 I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them. 15 The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal. 16 I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

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    19 Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.

  • Ps 81:13
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    13 If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

  • Isa 48:17
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    17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

  • Amos 5:24
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    24 But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

  • Jer 5:22
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    22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.

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    16 This is the word of the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a road through the deep waters;

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    9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

  • Isa 54:13
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    13 And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.

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    22 There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

  • Deut 13:18
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    18 So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Job 38:11
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    11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

  • Deut 5:29
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    29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

  • Ps 93:3-4
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    3 The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.

    4 The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

  • Isa 30:15
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    15 For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

  • Isa 57:20
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    20 But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.

  • Isa 32:17-18
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    17 And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

    18 And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

  • Isa 51:15
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    15 For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Ps 77:19
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    19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

  • Deut 12:28
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    28 Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 28:1-2
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    68%

    1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

    2 And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.

  • Isa 66:12
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    12 For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.

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    19 If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

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    5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

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    15 But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

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    9 For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.

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    27 The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

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    5 If only you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to keep all these orders which I give you today.

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    14 Then the Lord will be your delight; and I will put you on the high places of the earth; and I will give you the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has said it.

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    12 Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations rushing on like the bursting out of waters!

  • Isa 51:10
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    10 Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?

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    3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

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    21 But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.

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    7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

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    5 Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

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    21 My word came to you in the time of your well-being; but you said, I will not give ear. This has been your way from your earliest years, you did not give attention to my voice.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

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    22 But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

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    5 If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

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