Romans 10:20

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And Isaiah is very bold and says: 'I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.'

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  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
  • Isa 65:1-2 : 1 I offered myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name. 2 All day long I have stretched out my hands to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
  • Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go therefore to the main roads, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast. 10 So those servants went out into the roads and gathered all they found, both good and bad. The wedding hall was filled with guests.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 He says, 'It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations so that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'
  • Isa 55:4-5 : 4 See, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples. 5 Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and a nation that does not know you will run to you because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Isa 52:15 : 15 so he will startle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 Pray also for me, that words may be given to me to proclaim the mystery of the gospel boldly. 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love because He first loved us.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a young lion.

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  • Isa 65:1-2
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    1I offered myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name.

    2All day long I have stretched out my hands to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.

  • Rom 10:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.'

    19But I ask, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: 'I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation, I will make you angry.'

  • Rom 10:21
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    21But concerning Israel He says: 'All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.'

  • Rom 15:21
    72%

    21Rather, as it is written: 'Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.'

  • John 12:38-41
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    38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

    39This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

    40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."

    41Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

  • Rom 10:16
    70%

    16But not all have obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?'

  • Prov 1:28
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    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.

  • Isa 55:5-6
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    5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and a nation that does not know you will run to you because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

    6Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.

  • Rom 9:25-27
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    69%

    25As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’'

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

    27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the children of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.'

  • Acts 28:26
    68%

    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • Rom 11:7-8
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    7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened.

    8As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."

  • Prov 1:24
    68%

    24Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention,

  • Acts 15:17
    68%

    17so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord, who does these things'

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    68%

    4But in their trouble, they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, sought Him, and He was found by them.

  • Matt 13:14
    68%

    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

  • Isa 45:19
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    19I have not spoken in secret, in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak the truth and declare what is right.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

  • Zeph 1:6
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    6And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

  • Jer 29:13-14
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    13You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.

    14I will be found by you—this is the LORD's declaration—and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you—this is the LORD's declaration. I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.

  • Ps 81:11
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    11I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

  • Isa 58:2
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    2Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments and delight in drawing near to God.

  • John 7:36
    67%

    36What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

  • Amos 5:4
    67%

    4For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.

  • Rom 3:11
    66%

    11"There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God."

  • Matt 12:17
    66%

    17This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

  • Jer 49:10
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    10But I have stripped Esau bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, and he cannot hide. His descendants, brothers, and neighbors are destroyed, and he is no more.

  • Acts 17:27
    66%

    27He did this so that they would seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

  • 2 Tim 1:17
    66%

    17On the contrary, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently for me and found me.

  • Hos 5:6
    66%

    6With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

  • Isa 56:8
    66%

    8The Sovereign LORD declares, 'The One who gathers the dispersed of Israel: I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.'

  • Jer 5:20
    66%

    20Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

  • John 1:23
    66%

    23He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'

  • Isa 43:22
    66%

    22Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob; you have grown weary of Me, Israel.

  • Matt 10:6
    66%

    6Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Isa 43:8
    66%

    8Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears.

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    66%

    5For you are not being sent to a people with an obscure language or a difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel.

    6You are not sent to many peoples with unintelligible speech or difficult tongues whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

  • Jer 7:13
    66%

    13Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,

  • Mark 1:37
    66%

    37and when they found him, they said, 'Everyone is looking for you.'

  • Rom 9:30
    66%

    30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;