Isaiah 45:19

God has spoken openly and truthfully, not in secret riddles; he does not tell his people to seek him in vain. He can be found.

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• Isa 48:16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
• Num 23:19–20God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
• Amos 5:4For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
• Jer 29:13–14And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
• Prov 30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
• John 18:20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
• Ps 9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Jas 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
• Mal 3:13–14Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
• Ps 111:7–8The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
• Ps 69:32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• 1 Chr 28:8Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
• Prov 8:1–4Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
• Isa 8:19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
• Deut 29:29The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Isa 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 19:7–10The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 119:137–138Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
• Ps 69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
• Isa 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Deut 30:11–14For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
• 2 Chr 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
• Matt 15:8–9This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
• Isa 58:1–3Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• John 7:37–39In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• Acts 2:4–8And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
• Ps 24:6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
• John 7:28Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
• Ps 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Prov 1:21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
• John 7:26But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
• Deut 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isa 45:23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Isa 43:9–10Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
• Prov 8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

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