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 48:16“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, with his Spirit.
• Num 23:19–20God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
• Amos 5:4For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
• Jer 29:13–14You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
• Prov 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
• John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
• Ps 9:10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
• Jas 4:3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
• Mal 3:13–14“Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
• Ps 111:7–8The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
• Ps 69:32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• 1 Chr 28:8Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, Yahweh’s assembly, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
• Prov 8:1–4Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
• Isa 8:19When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
• Deut 29:29The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Isa 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 19:7–10Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 119:137–138You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
• Ps 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
• Isa 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
• Deut 30:11–14For this commandment which I command you today is not too hard for you or too distant.
• 2 Chr 15:2and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
• Matt 15:8–9‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
• Isa 58:1–3“Cry aloud, don’t spare. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• John 7:37–39Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
• Acts 2:4–8They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
• Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”
• Ps 24:6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face — even Jacob. Selah.
• John 7:28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
• Ps 12:6Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
• Prov 1:21She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
• John 7:26Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
• Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
• Isa 45:23I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
• Isa 43:9–10Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, “That is true.”
• Prov 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

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