Romans 10:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 9:30 : 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:
  • Isa 65:1-2 : 1 I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name. 2 All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;
  • Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. 10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • Isa 55:4-5 : 4 See, I have given him as a witness to the peoples, a ruler and a guide to the nations. 5 See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
  • Isa 52:15 : 15 So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news, 20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 65:1-2
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    85%

    1I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

    2All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;

  • Rom 10:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18But 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.

    19But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

  • Rom 10:21
    75%

    21But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.

  • Rom 15:21
    72%

    21But 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.

  • John 12:38-41
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    70%

    38So 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?

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

    40He 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.

    41(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

  • Rom 10:16
    70%

    16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

  • Isa 55:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.

    6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

  • Rom 9:25-27
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    69%

    25As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.

    26And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.

    27And 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:

  • Acts 28:26
    68%

    26Go 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:

  • Rom 11:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

    8As 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.

  • Prov 1:24
    68%

    24Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

  • Acts 15:17
    68%

    17So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    68%

    4But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

  • Matt 13:14
    68%

    14And 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:

  • Isa 45:19
    67%

    19I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

  • Isa 6:9
    67%

    9And 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.

  • Zeph 1:6
    67%

    6And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

  • Jer 29:13-14
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    67%

    13And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.

    14I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.

  • Ps 81:11
    67%

    11But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

  • Isa 58:2
    67%

    2Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

  • John 7:36
    67%

    36What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

  • Amos 5:4
    67%

    4For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

  • Rom 3:11
    66%

    11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

  • Matt 12:17
    66%

    17So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Jer 49:10
    66%

    10I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours.

  • Acts 17:27
    66%

    27So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:

  • 2 Tim 1:17
    66%

    17But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

  • Hos 5:6
    66%

    6They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

  • Isa 56:8
    66%

    8The Lord God, who gets together the wandering ones of Israel, says, I will get together others in addition to those of Israel who have come back.

  • Jer 5:20
    66%

    20Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,

  • John 1:23
    66%

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Isa 43:22
    66%

    22But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

  • Matt 10:6
    66%

    6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

  • Isa 43:8
    66%

    8Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    66%

    5For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

    6Not 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.

  • Jer 7:13
    66%

    13And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

  • Mark 1:37
    66%

    37And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

  • Rom 9:30
    66%

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