Isaiah 55:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
  • Rom 11:31-36 : 31 So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy. 32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all. 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out. 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes? 35 Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.
  • Ps 89:2 : 2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Ps 36:5 : 5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 55:7-8
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    92%

    7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.

    8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

  • Isa 55:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

    11 So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.

    12 For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.

  • Job 35:5
    73%

    5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

  • Ps 103:11
    72%

    11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

  • Ps 92:5
    72%

    5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

  • Jer 29:11
    71%

    11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

  • Job 11:8-9
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    70%

    8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

    9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

  • Job 22:12
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    12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

  • Ps 113:4-5
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    4 The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.

    5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

  • Ps 139:6
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    6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

  • Isa 54:9-10
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    69%

    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.

    10 For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

  • Isa 66:1
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    1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

  • Amos 4:13
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    13 For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

  • Amos 9:6
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    6 It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

  • Jer 31:37
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    37 This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.

  • Isa 49:11
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    11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.

  • Ps 131:1
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    1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

  • Ps 139:17
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    17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

  • Isa 40:27
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    27 Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?

  • 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.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

  • Isa 51:6
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    6 Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.

  • Prov 25:3
    67%

    3 The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

  • Hag 1:7
    67%

    7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.

  • Ezek 18:29
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    29 But still the children of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, are my ways not equal? are not your ways unequal?

  • Isa 14:14
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    14 I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

  • Jer 23:24
    67%

    24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

  • Ps 10:5
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    5 His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

  • Ps 33:11
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    11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

  • Ps 89:11
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    11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

  • Isa 65:17
    66%

    17 For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.

  • Hag 1:5
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    5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

  • Ezek 18:25
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    25 But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal?

  • Ps 138:6
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    6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

  • Acts 7:49
    66%

    49 Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

  • Isa 40:22
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    22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

  • Rom 11:33
    66%

    33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

  • Ps 57:10
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    10 For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

  • Isa 59:21
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    21 And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.

  • Jer 32:19
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    19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

  • Isa 40:25
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    25 Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

  • Mic 1:3
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    3 For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

  • Jer 51:15
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    15 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out: