Isaiah 55:6

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“Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.”

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“Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 55:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
  2. 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  3. 2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  4. Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
  5. Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
  6. Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
  7. Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
  8. Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
  9. Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  10. Psalms 75:1We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
  11. Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
  12. Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  13. Psalms 148:14He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
  14. Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
  15. Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
  16. Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
  17. Isaiah 46:13I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
  18. Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
  19. Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  20. Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
  21. Jeremiah 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
  22. Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
  23. Ezekiel 8:6“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
  24. Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

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