Isaiah 55:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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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  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.
  • Rom 11:31-36 : 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? 35 Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him? 36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way is in the sea, and Your path in the great waters, and Your footsteps are not known.
  • Ps 89:2 : 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; your faithfulness you shall establish in the very heavens.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
  • Ps 36:5 : 5 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches unto the clouds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 55:7-8
    2 verses
    92%

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

    8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.

  • Isa 55:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

    11so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

    12For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

  • Job 35:5
    73%

    5Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

  • Ps 103:11
    72%

    11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.

  • Ps 92:5
    72%

    5O LORD, how great are your works! And your thoughts are very deep.

  • Jer 29:11
    71%

    11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

  • Job 11:8-9
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    70%

    8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than the grave; what can you know?

    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • Job 22:12
    70%

    12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

  • Ps 113:4-5
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    69%

    4The LORD is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens.

    5Who is like the LORD our God, who dwells on high,

  • Ps 139:6
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    6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.

  • Isa 54:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.

    10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you.

  • Isa 66:1
    69%

    1Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • Amos 4:13
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    13For behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.

  • Amos 9:6
    68%

    6It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

  • Jer 31:37
    68%

    37Thus says the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says the LORD.

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

  • Ps 131:1
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    1Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant: neither do I concern myself with great matters, or with things too high for me.

  • Ps 139:17
    68%

    17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

  • Isa 40:27
    68%

    27Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • Ps 77:19
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    19Your way is in the sea, and Your path in the great waters, and Your footsteps are not known.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

  • Isa 51:6
    67%

    6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it will die in like manner: but my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.

  • Prov 25:3
    67%

    3The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

  • Hag 1:7
    67%

    7Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Ezek 18:29
    67%

    29Yet says the house of Israel, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ O house of Israel, are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal?

  • Isa 14:14
    67%

    14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

  • Jer 23:24
    67%

    24Can anyone hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.

  • Ps 10:5
    67%

    5His ways are always grievous; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

  • Ps 33:11
    67%

    11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Ps 89:11
    67%

    11The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; as for the world and all its fullness, you have founded them.

  • Isa 65:17
    66%

    17For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.

  • Hag 1:5
    66%

    5Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Ezek 18:25
    66%

    25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal?

  • Ps 138:6
    66%

    6Though the LORD is high, yet He respects the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  • Acts 7:49
    66%

    49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    66%

    3Talk no more so proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • Isa 40:22
    66%

    22It is he who sits upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

  • Rom 11:33
    66%

    33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

  • Ps 57:10
    66%

    10For your mercy reaches unto the heavens, and your truth unto the clouds.

  • Isa 59:21
    66%

    21As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: My Spirit that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your descendants, nor out of the mouth of the descendants of your descendants, says the Lord, from this time forth and forever.

  • Jer 32:19
    66%

    19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  • Isa 40:25
    66%

    25To whom then will you liken me, or to whom shall I be equal? says the Holy One.

  • Mic 1:3
    66%

    3For behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

  • Jer 51:15
    66%

    15He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.