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 51:7“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 94:15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
• Ps 105:3–4Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
• Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
• Rom 14:19So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
• Rom 9:30–32What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
• Eph 2:11–12Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands);
• Isa 48:12“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
• Prov 21:21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
• Amos 5:6Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
• Prov 15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
• 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Isa 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
• Phil 3:13Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
• Ps 24:6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face — even Jacob. Selah.
• Isa 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
• Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
• Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
• 1 Tim 6:11But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
• Gen 17:15–17God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
• Zeph 2:3Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
• Isa 55:2–3Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
• Isa 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
• Isa 51:4“Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation: for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.

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