Isaiah 58:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.”
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“Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 58:8 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:19And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Job 11:17Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
- Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- Psalms 85:13Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Proverbs 11:17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
- Proverbs 11:25A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
- Isaiah 52:12For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
- Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
- Isaiah 58:10and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Isaiah 60:2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
- Jeremiah 33:6Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Hosea 6:2After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Acts 10:4Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- Acts 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- Acts 10:35but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
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