Isaiah 51:4

World English Bible (2000)

"Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

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  • Isa 42:6 : 6 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."
  • Mic 4:2 : 2 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
  • Matt 12:18-20 : 18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."
  • John 16:8-9 : 8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; 9 about sin, because they don't believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won't see me any more; 11 about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
  • Rom 8:2-4 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh; 4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
  • Exod 19:6 : 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
  • Exod 33:13 : 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
  • Ps 50:7 : 7 "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
  • Ps 78:1 : 1 Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
  • Ps 106:5 : 5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
  • Ps 147:20 : 20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
  • Isa 26:2 : 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
  • Isa 42:1-4 : 1 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. 3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice. 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."

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