Isaiah 51:12

God Himself is the comforter of His people, so He asks why they fear mere mortal man who withers like grass.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• Isa 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• 1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• John 14:26–27But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
• John 14:18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
• 2 Cor 1:3–5Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
• Jas 1:10–11But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
• Isa 66:13As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
• Isa 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
• Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Isa 57:15–18For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• Luke 12:4–5I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
• Isa 40:6–7A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
• Ps 90:5–6You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
• 2 Cor 7:5–6For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
• Isa 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
• Ps 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
• Prov 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
• Isa 51:7–8Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
• Ps 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
• Ps 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
• Dan 3:16–18Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
• Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

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