Isaiah 48:18

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“If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.”

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BSBPD

“If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 48:18 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
  3. Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
  4. Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
  5. Psalms 81:14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
  6. Psalms 119:165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
  7. Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
  8. Isaiah 45:8Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
  9. Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
  10. Isaiah 66:12For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  11. Amos 5:24But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
  12. Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  13. Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
  14. Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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