Isaiah 51:1

God calls those who pursue righteousness to remember their humble origins, like a rock from which they were hewn.

Cross-references · 24

• Isa 51:7Listen 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 94:15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
• Ps 105:3–4Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
• Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• Rom 14:19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
• Rom 9:30–32What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
• Eph 2:11–12Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
• Isa 48:12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
• Prov 21:21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
• Amos 5:6Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
• Prov 15:9The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
• 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Isa 46:3–4“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
• Phil 3:13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
• Ps 24:6Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
• Isa 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
• Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
• Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
• 1 Tim 6:11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
• Gen 17:15–17Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
• Zeph 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
• Isa 55:2–3Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
• Isa 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• Isa 51:4Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

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