Cross references

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labor in vain

or bear children doomed to disaster;

for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—

they and their descendants with them.

Isaiah 65:23 BSB

Isaiah 65:23 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 61:9 (17 votes) and Jeremiah 32:38–39 (10 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 12 to 1 Thessalonians 2.

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Which verses does Isaiah 65:23 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 61:917 votes

    Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.

  2. They will be My people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

  3. You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. …

  4. May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

  5. Acts 2:397 votes

    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

  6. But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

  7. Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

  8. Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

  9. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

  10. I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

  11. Haggai 1:62 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 65:23?

The 10 strongest of 21.