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 118:6Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• Isa 2:22Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
• 1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
• John 14:26–27But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
• John 14:18I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
• 2 Cor 1:3–5Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
• Jas 1:10–11and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
• Isa 66:13As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
• Isa 51:3For Yahweh has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh. Joy and gladness will be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
• Matt 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
• Isa 57:15–18For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Luke 12:4–5“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
• Isa 40:6–7The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
• Ps 90:5–6You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
• 2 Cor 7:5–6For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
• Isa 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
• Ps 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
• Prov 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh.
• Isa 51:7–8“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.
• Ps 146:4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
• Ps 92:7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
• Dan 3:16–18Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
• Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

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