Isaiah 51:1

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Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were dug.

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  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be dismayed by their insults.
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • Isa 48:12 : 12 Listen to Me, Jacob, and Israel, My called one: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
  • Gen 17:15-17 : 15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her. 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
  • Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain it. 32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Phil 3:13 : 13 Brothers and sisters, 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,
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  • Isa 55:2-3 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food. 3 Incline your ear and come to me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land who follow His commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 One who pursues righteousness and love finds life, righteousness, and honor.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak the truth and declare what is right.
  • Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Listen to Me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been carried by Me from the womb, lifted up from birth. 4 Even to your old age, I am the same, and even to your gray hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will bear you; I will carry and save you.
  • Ps 24:6 : 6 Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, God of Jacob. Selah.
  • Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 4 Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His presence continually.
  • Isa 51:4 : 4 Listen to me, my people; give ear to me, my nation. For My instruction will go out, and My justice will be a light for the peoples.

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