Isaiah 55:8
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 55
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”Isaiah 55:8
What Does Isaiah 55:8 Mean?
Isaiah 55:8 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 55, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 55:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 29:11“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”Psalms 92:5“O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.”Psalms 40:5“Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.”1 Samuel 16:7“But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”Hosea 14:9“Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.”Psalms 25:10“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.”Ezekiel 18:29“Yet saith 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?”Isaiah 40:28“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”Psalms 139:17“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!”Daniel 4:37“Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”Psalms 33:11“The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.”Proverbs 21:8“The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.”Isaiah 53:6“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”Isaiah 30:18“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.”Proverbs 25:3“The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.”Hosea 11:9“I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.”Matthew 7:11“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”John 11:6“When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.”Micah 4:12“But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.”2 Samuel 7:19“And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?”
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