Isaiah 57:12
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 57
“I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.”Isaiah 57:12
What Does Isaiah 57:12 Mean?
Isaiah 57:12 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 57, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Righteousness.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 57:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 10:3“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.”Titus 3:5“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”Isaiah 29:15“Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?”Isaiah 1:11“To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.”Jeremiah 7:4“Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.”Micah 3:2“Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;”Matthew 23:13“But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”Romans 3:10“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”Isaiah 28:20“For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.”Isaiah 58:2“Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.”Isaiah 59:6“Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.”Isaiah 64:5“Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.”Isaiah 64:6“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”Isaiah 66:3“He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.”Matthew 23:5“But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,”Romans 10:2“For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.”Revelation 3:2“Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”1 Corinthians 13:3“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”Galatians 1:14“And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.”
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