Romans 10:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

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  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
  • John 12:38-40 : 38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled? 39 For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
  • Heb 4:2 : 2 And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,
  • John 10:26 : 26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.
  • Acts 28:24 : 24 And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
  • Rom 11:17 : 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?
  • Gal 5:7 : 7 You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 12:37-40
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    80%

    37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

    38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

    39 For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

    40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

  • Rom 10:14-15
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    14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?

    15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

  • Rom 10:17-18
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    17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

    18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21 But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

  • Heb 4:2
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    2 And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

  • Acts 28:24-26
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    72%

    24 And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

    25 And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

    26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Isa 53:1
    72%

    1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

  • Acts 13:47-48
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    47 For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

    48 And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6 So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

  • Mark 13:10
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    10 And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

  • Acts 28:28
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    28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

  • Rom 10:20
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    20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6 But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

  • Matt 13:14
    69%

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Rom 9:29-30
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    69%

    29 And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Mark 16:15
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    15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    69%

    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Rom 3:3
    69%

    3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

  • 1 Cor 14:21
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    21 In the law it is said, By men of other tongues and by strange lips will my words come to this people; and not even so will they give ear to me, says the Lord.

  • Rom 1:16
    68%

    16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

  • Rom 10:11
    68%

    11 Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.

  • Rom 10:8
    67%

    8 But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

  • Mark 16:13
    67%

    13 And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

  • Heb 11:39
    67%

    39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

  • Acts 10:36
    67%

    36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

  • Jer 6:10
    67%

    10 To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

  • Ezek 3:6
    67%

    6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

  • Acts 13:26
    67%

    26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

  • 1 Pet 1:25
    67%

    25 But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.

  • John 5:38
    66%

    38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

  • Acts 15:11
    66%

    11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

  • Rom 11:31-32
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    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.

  • Acts 14:7
    66%

    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • Matt 12:17
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    17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Rom 9:27
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    27 And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:

  • Heb 2:3
    66%

    3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

  • Heb 3:18
    66%

    18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

  • John 16:9
    66%

    9 Of sin, because they have not faith in me;