Isaiah 55:6

God urges people to seek Him while He may be found and to call on Him while He is near. It matters because the offer of grace is urgent and not to be presumed upon.

Cross-references · 30

• Jer 29:12–14Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
• Ps 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
• 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.
• Ps 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
• Ps 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Isa 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Matt 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• 2 Cor 6:1–2As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• 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.
• 1 Chr 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
• John 12:35–36Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
• Heb 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• Ps 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
• Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• Deut 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
• John 7:33–34So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
• Ps 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
• Isa 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
• Heb 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
• Matt 25:11–12Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’
• Isa 46:13I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
• Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
• John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
• Ps 148:14He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
• Ezek 8:6“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
• 2 Chr 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
• Ps 75:1For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
• Eph 3:13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
• Matt 5:25Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
• Isa 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

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