Isaiah 55:2

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Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

Psalm 22:26

The humble will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise Him.
May your hearts live forever!

Hosea 8:7

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

Jeremiah 31:14

I will refresh the priests with an abundance,
and My people will be satisfied with My goodness.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

He said, “If you will carefully obey the Lord your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am Yahweh who heals you.”

Deuteronomy 11:13

“If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul,

Psalm 34:11

Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 36:8

They are filled from the abundance of Your house;
You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,

Psalm 63:5

You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoever listens to me will live securely
and be free from the fear of danger.”

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.

Proverbs 9:5

“Come, eat my bread,
and drink the wine I have mixed.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land.

Isaiah 25:6

The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast
for all the peoples on this mountain—
a feast of aged wine, choice meat, finely aged wine.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”

Isaiah 46:6

Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Isaiah 51:4

Pay attention to Me, My people,
and listen to Me, My nation;
for instruction will come from Me,
and My justice for a light to the nations.
I will bring it about quickly.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is My instruction:
do not fear disgrace by men,
and do not be shattered by their taunts.

Jeremiah 2:13

For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind
and pursues the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

Matthew 15:9

They worship Me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commands of men.”

Matthew 22:4

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

Mark 7:14

Summoning the crowd again, He told them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

Luke 15:15-16

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:23

Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let’s celebrate with a feast,

Romans 9:31

But Israel, pursuing the law for righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.

Romans 10:2-3

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.

Philippians 3:4-7

although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

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Summary

Isaiah 55:2

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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Isaiah 46:6

General references

Matthew 22:9

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