Isaiah 57:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 50:21 : 21 When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set on high.
  • Isa 51:12-13 : 12 “I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? 13 Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?
  • Jer 2:32 : 32 Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.
  • Jer 3:21 : 21 “A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; they have forgotten to be true to the LORD their God.
  • Jer 9:3-5 : 3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me. 4 Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him. 5 One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’
  • Ezek 13:22 : 22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies(although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.
  • Hos 11:12 : 12 God’s Lawsuit against Israel: Breach of Covenant(12:1) Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; the house of Israel has surrounded me with deceit. But Judah still roams about with God; he remains faithful to the Holy One.
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Peter’s Denials Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said,“You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it in front of them all:“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” 71 When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there,“This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.” 72 He denied it again with an oath,“I do not know the man!” 73 After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said,“You really are one of them too– even your accent gives you away!” 74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said:“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
  • Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said,“Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?
  • Gal 2:12-13 : 12 Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy.
  • 2 Thess 2:9 : 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
  • Isa 59:3-4 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. 4 No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
  • Isa 26:10 : 10 If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the LORD’s majesty revealed.
  • Isa 30:9 : 9 For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 51:12-13
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    78%

    12 “I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?

    13 Why do you forget the LORD, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

  • 10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say,‘I give up.’ You get renewed energy, so you don’t collapse.

  • Job 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

    6 Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

  • 8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

  • 7 You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

  • 12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

  • 57 You came near on the day I called to you; you said,“Do not fear!”

  • Ps 50:21-22
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    73%

    21 When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

    22 Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

  • 22 “You should fear me!” says the LORD.“You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.”

  • 4 But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

  • 7 You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

  • 7 Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

  • 21 Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

  • 11 Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • 27 Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • 23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

  • 21 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

  • 6 For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder.

  • 22 The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

  • 20 Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

  • 10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought,‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say,‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’

  • 10 Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

  • 5 They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

  • Job 33:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.

    8 Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):

  • 17 All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

  • 25 This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

  • 3 Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?

  • 13 Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency“You have criticized me sharply,” says the LORD,“but you ask,‘How have we criticized you?’

  • 21 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

  • 15 For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

  • 10 Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

  • 26 Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

  • 17 I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • 8 You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.

  • 5 Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

  • 21 While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said,“I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

  • 11 Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

  • 19 Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the LORD your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • 24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • 35 Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

  • 27 But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

  • 7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say,“the LORD declares,” although I myself never spoke?

  • 11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • 7 So, now the LORD says,‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’

  • 28 I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

  • 7 I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.