Isaiah 40:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But those who wait for the LORD’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

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  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
  • Ps 103:5 : 5 who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 ט(Tet) The LORD is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him. 26 It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the LORD.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Ps 27:13-14 : 13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living? 14 Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
  • Ps 37:34 : 34 Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.
  • Exod 19:4 : 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
  • Ps 138:3 : 3 When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.
  • Rom 8:25 : 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 The Lord Will Not Abandon His People For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Job 17:9 : 9 But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 At that time they will say,“Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the LORD! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”
  • Zech 10:12 : 12 Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the LORD.
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 I will wait patiently for the LORD, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.
  • Ps 25:3 : 3 Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.
  • Job 33:24-26 : 24 and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’ 25 then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. 26 He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.
  • Judg 16:28 : 28 Samson called to the LORD,“O Sovereign LORD, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!”
  • Ps 123:2 : 2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor.
  • Ps 25:5 : 5 Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!
  • Ps 40:1 : 1 For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the LORD, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High!
  • Ps 92:13 : 13 Planted in the LORD’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.
  • 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
  • Song 8:5 : 5 The Awakening of LoveThe Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.
  • Rev 4:7 : 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying.

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