Cross references

Isaiah 58:2

For day after day they seek Me

and delight to know My ways,

like a nation that does what is right

and does not forsake the justice of their God.

They ask Me for righteous judgments;

they delight in the nearness of God.”

Isaiah 58:2 BSB

Isaiah 58:2 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Titus 1:16 (14 votes) and Isaiah 29:13 (12 votes). 38 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Deuteronomy 5 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Isaiah 58:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Titus 1:1614 votes

    They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  2. Isaiah 29:1312 votes

    Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

  3. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. …

  4. Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

  5. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

  6. Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

  7. The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.” But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. …

  8. As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’ So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. …

  9. Mark 12:143 votes

    “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

  10. It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— …

  11. Mark 6:202 votes
  12. John 5:352 votes
  13. James 4:81 vote

Which verses point to Isaiah 58:2?

The 10 strongest of 38.