Cross references

Isaiah 58:4

You fast with contention and strife

to strike viciously with your fist.

You cannot fast as you do today

and have your voice be heard on high.

Isaiah 58:4 BSB

Isaiah 58:4 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 21:9–13 (4 votes) and Proverbs 21:27 (3 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Exodus 21 to James 1.

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Which verses does Isaiah 58:4 point to?

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

  1. In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” …

  2. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!

  3. But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

  4. When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, …

  5. Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

  6. So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

  7. Jonah 3:72 votes

    Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

  8. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

  9. Luke 20:472 votes

    They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

  10. John 18:282 votes

    Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Which verses point to Isaiah 58:4?

The 10 strongest of 24.