Romans 10:20

World English Bible (2000)

Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."

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  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
  • Isa 65:1-2 : 1 "I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
  • Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.' 10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
  • 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."
  • Isa 55:4-5 : 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples. 5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 "Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Isa 52:15 : 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love him, because he first loved us.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 65:1-2
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    1 "I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

    2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

  • Rom 10:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 But I say, didn't they hear? Yes, most certainly, "Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

    19 But I ask, didn't Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry."

  • Rom 10:21
    75%

    21 But as to Israel he says, "All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

  • Rom 15:21
    72%

    21 But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."

  • John 12:38-41
    4 verses
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    38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

    39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,

    40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

    41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

  • Rom 10:16
    70%

    16 But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

  • Prov 1:28
    70%

    28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

  • Isa 55:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."

    6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

  • Rom 9:25-27
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    25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."

    26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"

    27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

  • Acts 28:26
    68%

    26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

  • Rom 11:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

    8 According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."

  • Prov 1:24
    68%

    24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

  • Acts 15:17
    68%

    17 That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    68%

    4 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

  • Matt 13:14
    68%

    14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

  • Isa 45:19
    67%

    19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

  • Isa 6:9
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    9 He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

  • Zeph 1:6
    67%

    6 those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

  • Jer 29:13-14
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    67%

    13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

    14 I will be found by you, says Yahweh, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.

  • Ps 81:11
    67%

    11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

  • Isa 58:2
    67%

    2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

  • John 7:36
    67%

    36 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

  • Amos 5:4
    67%

    4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

  • Rom 3:11
    66%

    11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

  • Matt 12:17
    66%

    17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Jer 49:10
    66%

    10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.

  • Acts 17:27
    66%

    27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

  • 2 Tim 1:17
    66%

    17 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

  • Hos 5:6
    66%

    6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

  • Isa 56:8
    66%

    8 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own who are gathered."

  • Jer 5:20
    66%

    20 "Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

  • John 1:23
    66%

    23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

  • Isa 43:22
    66%

    22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

  • Matt 10:6
    66%

    6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Isa 43:8
    66%

    8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    66%

    5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

    6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

  • Jer 7:13
    66%

    13 Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:

  • Mark 1:37
    66%

    37 and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

  • Rom 9:30
    66%

    30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;