Isaiah 46 cross-references
Isaiah 46 has 13 verses, which point to 210 other passages and are cited by 308. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Isaiah 46 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- אַף aph “also” 3
- כָּרַע kara “to bow” 2
- מַשָּׂא massa “burden” 2
- מָלַט malat “to escape” 2
- עֵצָה etsah “counsel” 2
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 3
- צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 2
- זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 2
- אֵל el “God” 2
- לֵב lev “heart” 2
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 2
People in Isaiah 46
- Israel 2
Places in Isaiah 46
Isaiah 46:1
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
Points to (11)
- Jeremiah 51:44 — And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up:… 6 votes
- Isaiah 21:9 — And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 51:52 — Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 51:47 — Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 48:1–25 — Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is… 3 votes
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- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is… 8 votes
- 1 Samuel 5:3 — And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 10:5 — They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not… 5 votes
- Isaiah 30:6 — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and… 5 votes
Isaiah 46:2
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
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- Jeremiah 48:7 — For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall… 5 votes
- Judges 18:17–18 — And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 43:12–13 — And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away… 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 5:21 — And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. 3 votes
- Judges 18:24 — And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I… 3 votes
- Hosea 10:5–6 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn… 2 votes
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- Jeremiah 2:28 — But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy… 2 votes
Isaiah 46:3
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
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- Deuteronomy 1:31 — And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son,… 12 votes
- Isaiah 51:7 — Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of… 8 votes
- Isaiah 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are… 7 votes
- Psalms 71:6 — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise… 7 votes
- Isaiah 49:1–2 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the… 6 votes
- Isaiah 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters… 6 votes
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- Isaiah 44:2 — Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob,… 103 votes
- Psalms 139:13 — For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. 27 votes
- 1 Samuel 7:12 — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying,… 16 votes
- Deuteronomy 1:31 — And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son,… 14 votes
Isaiah 46:4
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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- Psalms 71:18 — Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this… 69 votes
- Psalms 48:14 — For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. 49 votes
- Psalms 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 40 votes
- Hebrews 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 38 votes
- James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is… 32 votes
- Psalms 102:26–27 — They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt… 26 votes
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- Psalms 68:19 — Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. 42 votes
- Deuteronomy 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:… 29 votes
- Psalms 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 24 votes
- Psalms 71:9 — Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. 20 votes
Isaiah 46:5
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Points to (12)
- Isaiah 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 10 votes
- Isaiah 40:25 — To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 8 votes
- Psalms 89:6 — For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the… 6 votes
- Colossians 1:15 — Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 4 votes
- Philippians 2:6 — Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 4 votes
- Jeremiah 10:16 — The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his… 4 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Isaiah 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 21 votes
- Isaiah 46:9 — Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 17 votes
- Acts 17:29 — Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or… 7 votes
- Exodus 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that… 7 votes
Isaiah 46:6
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
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- Acts 17:29 — Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or… 4 votes
- Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image… 3 votes
- Isaiah 40:19–20 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 3 votes
- Habakkuk 2:18–20 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of… 2 votes
- Hosea 8:4–6 — They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their… 2 votes
- Daniel 3:5–15 — That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of… 2 votes
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- Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof… 9 votes
- Psalms 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 8 votes
- Jeremiah 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them… 7 votes
- Hosea 13:2 — And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to… 6 votes
Isaiah 46:7
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
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- Isaiah 45:20 — Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge… 7 votes
- Jeremiah 10:5 — They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not… 5 votes
- Isaiah 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were… 3 votes
- 1 Samuel 5:3 — And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before… 3 votes
- Jonah 1:14–16 — Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for… 2 votes
- Jonah 1:5 — Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (16)
- Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image… 110 votes
- Isaiah 44:18 — They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that… 38 votes
- Jeremiah 10:5 — They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not… 11 votes
- Jeremiah 10:4 — They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 7 votes
Isaiah 46:8
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Points to (12)
- 1 Corinthians 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 2 votes
- Luke 15:17 — And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare,… 2 votes
- Haggai 1:7 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 2 votes
- Haggai 1:5 — Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 2 votes
- Ezekiel 18:28 — Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely… 2 votes
- Isaiah 47:7 — And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither… 2 votes
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- Isaiah 43:10 — Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and… 21 votes
- Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his… 5 votes
- Isaiah 44:21 — Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O… 4 votes
- Deuteronomy 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have… 4 votes
Isaiah 46:9
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
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- Isaiah 45:21–22 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time?… 19 votes
- Isaiah 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you… 18 votes
- Isaiah 46:5 — To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? 17 votes
- Psalms 111:4 — He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 17 votes
- Deuteronomy 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on… 15 votes
- Isaiah 45:18 — For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath… 13 votes
Pointed to from (24)
- Isaiah 43:18 — Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 38 votes
- Exodus 20:3 — Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 31 votes
- Isaiah 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you… 24 votes
- Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and… 23 votes
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Points to (24)
- Proverbs 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 65 votes
- Psalms 33:11 — The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 58 votes
- Ephesians 1:9–11 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in… 41 votes
- Isaiah 43:13 — Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who… 38 votes
- Isaiah 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time?… 30 votes
- Proverbs 21:30 — There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. 30 votes
Pointed to from (84)
- Jeremiah 29:11 — For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give… 383 votes
- Isaiah 55:11 — So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall… 116 votes
- Proverbs 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 60 votes
- Proverbs 16:9 — A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. 57 votes
Isaiah 46:11
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
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- Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall… 24 votes
- Isaiah 14:24–27 — The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have… 15 votes
- Job 23:13 — But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 12 votes
- Ephesians 1:11 — In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh… 9 votes
- Isaiah 41:2 — Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made… 9 votes
- Acts 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye can not overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 7 votes
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- Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My… 20 votes
- Isaiah 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall… 12 votes
- Isaiah 44:28 — That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou… 5 votes
- Isaiah 41:2 — Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made… 5 votes
Isaiah 46:12
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
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- Jeremiah 2:5 — Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have… 5 votes
- Ephesians 2:13 — But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 4 votes
- Isaiah 46:3 — Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the… 4 votes
- Zechariah 7:11–12 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 3 votes
- Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 3 votes
- Isaiah 28:23 — Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 3 votes
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- Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 9 votes
- Isaiah 46:3 — Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the… 5 votes
- Isaiah 64:6 — But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a… 4 votes
- Isaiah 42:21 — The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 4 votes
Isaiah 46:13
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
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- Isaiah 62:11 — Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy… 6 votes
- Isaiah 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my… 6 votes
- Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the… 5 votes
- Isaiah 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall… 5 votes
- Isaiah 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye… 4 votes
- Isaiah 43:7 — Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have… 4 votes
Pointed to from (29)
- Isaiah 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 29 votes
- 2 Peter 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward,… 25 votes
- Psalms 85:9 — Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 16 votes
- Joel 2:32 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount… 9 votes