Isaiah 55:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes.

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  • Ps 92:5 : 5 O God howe glorious are thy workes? thy thoughtes are very depe.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God: and turned not vnto the proude, and to such as decline to lyes.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
  • Ezek 18:29 : 29 And yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lorde is not equall. Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Israel? are not your wayes rather vnequall?
  • Prov 25:3 : 3 The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes.
  • Ps 25:10 : 10 All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth: vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle: but doth this appertayne to man, O Lorde God?
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse, and extol, & magnifie the king of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 Commonly when a man putteth away his wyfe, and she goeth from hym & maryeth with another, then the question is: shoulde he resort vnto her any more after that? (Is not that lande then defiled and vncleane?) But as for thee thou hast played the harlot with many louers, yet turne agayne to me, saith the Lorde.

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    9But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours.

    10And lyke as the rayne and snowe commeth downe from heauen, and returneth not thyther agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitfull and greene, that it may geue corne vnto the sower, and bread to hym that eateth:

    11So the worde also that commeth out of my mouth shall not turne agayne voyde vnto me, but shall accomplishe my wyll, and prosper in the thing wherto I sende it.

  • Isa 55:6-7
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    6Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye.

    7Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue.

  • Jer 29:11
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    11For I knowe what I haue deuised for you, saith the Lorde: My thoughtes are to geue you peace, and not trouble, and to geue you an ende as you wishe and hope to haue.

  • Ezek 18:29
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    29And yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lorde is not equall. Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Israel? are not your wayes rather vnequall?

  • Ps 92:5
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    5O God howe glorious are thy workes? thy thoughtes are very depe.

  • Ezek 18:25
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    25And yet ye say, the way of the Lorde is not indifferent. Heare therefore ye house of Israel, is not my way equall? or are not your wayes rather vnequall?

  • Hag 1:7
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    7Thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11God knoweth the thoughtes of man: that they are but vanitie.

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    27Howe may then Iacob thinke, or may Israel say, My wayes are hid from the Lord, and my God knoweth not of my iudgementes?

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    14For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: Like as I thought to punishe you, what time as your fathers prouoked me vnto wrath, saith the Lorde of hoastes, and spared not:

  • Hag 1:5
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    5Nowe thus sayth the Lord of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes.

  • Jer 10:23
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    23Nowe I knowe (O Lord) that it is not in mans power to order his owne wayes, or to rule his owne steppes and goinges.

  • Isa 54:9-10
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    9And this is vnto me as the water of Noe: for like as I haue sworne that I wyll not bryng the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde: so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with thee, nor reproue thee.

    10The mountaynes shall remoue, and the hylles shall fall downe: but my louyng kyndnesse shall not moue, and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from thee, saith the Lorde thy mercifull louer.

  • Zech 1:4
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    4Be ye not like your forefathers, vnto whom prophetes cryed, saying, thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Turne you from your euyl wayes, and from your wicked imaginations: But they woulde not heare nor regarde me, sayth the Lorde.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11For the Lorde spake thus to me in a mightie prophesie, and warned me that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying:

  • Ps 131:1
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    1A song of high degrees (made) of Dauid. O God I am not hygh mynded, I haue no proude lokes: I haue not vsed to walke in greater & waightier matters then I ought to do.

  • Prov 16:3
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    3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.

  • Ps 33:11
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    11The counsayle of God shall endure for euer: and the thoughtes of his heart from generation to generation.

  • Jer 25:8
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    8Wherefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: Because ye haue not hearkened vnto my worde,

  • Ps 139:23
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    23Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes.

  • Jer 16:17
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    17For mine eyes behold all their wayes, and they can not be hyd fro my face: neither can their wicked deedes be kept close out of my sight.

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    17And yet the children of thy people say, the way of the Lorde is not equall: but their owne way is rather vnequall.

  • Mic 4:12
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    12But they know not the thoughtes of the Lord, they vnderstand not his counsel: for he shall gather them together as the sheaues in the barne.

  • Job 17:11
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    11My dayes are past, and my counsailes and thoughtes of my heart are vanished away,

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    10Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people, seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode, and haue not refrayned their feete: therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them, but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes, and punishe all their sinnes.

    11Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me: Thou shalt not pray to do this people good.

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    11Neuerthelesse, I wyl now intreate the residue of this people no more as afore time, saith the Lorde of Hoastes.

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    11Speake nowe therfore vnto whole Iuda, and to them that dwell at Hierusalem, thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I am deuisyng a plague for you, and am takyng a thyng in hande agaynst you: therfore let euery man turne from his euyll way, and take vpon you the thyng that is good and ryght.

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    10Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the heart, & trye the raynes, and rewarde euery man accordyng to his wayes, and accordyng to the fruite of his workes.

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    17Howe pretious be thy cogitations towardes me O God? howe greatly be the summe of them increased?

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    10Climbe vp vpon their walles, beate them downe, and destroy them not vtterly: take away their battlementes, because they are not the lordes.

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    4The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all: neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes.

  • Jer 6:19
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    19Heare thou earth also: behold, I wyll cause a plague to come vpon this people, euen the fruite of their owne imaginations, for that they haue not ben obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe, but abhorred them.

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    19Thy way is in the sea, and thy pathes in the great waters: and thy footesteppes are not knowen.

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    24The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

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    13Yea the Lorde hym selfe tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe, and kept not the thing that he gaue them in commaundement, neither liued thereafter:

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    13For lo, he that fourmeth the mountaynes, and createth the winde, and declareth vnto man what is his thought, whiche maketh the morning darkenesse, and walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lorde God of hoastes is his name.