Isaiah 65:23

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“They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.”

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BSBPD

“They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> they, And their offspring with them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 65:23 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  2. Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  3. Leviticus 26:3If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
  4. Leviticus 26:20and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
  5. Leviticus 26:22I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
  6. Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
  7. Deuteronomy 28:3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
  8. Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
  9. Deuteronomy 28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
  10. Job 21:8Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
  11. Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
  12. Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  13. Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
  14. Isaiah 61:9Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
  15. Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  16. Ezekiel 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
  17. Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
  18. Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
  19. Haggai 2:19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
  20. Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them to gather,for I have redeemed them;and they will be as numerousas they once were.
  21. Malachi 3:10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
  22. Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
  23. Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
  24. Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

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