Isaiah 41:17

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Cross References (32)

  • Isaiah 55:1 (13)

    “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk w

  • Isaiah 30:19 (10)

    O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when H

  • Isaiah 44:3 (9)

    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants

  • Matthew 5:6 (8)

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

  • Isaiah 42:16 (5)

    I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light

  • Isaiah 61:1 (5)

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to

  • Psalms 34:6 (5)

    This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

  • Psalms 72:12–13 (5)

    For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

  • Revelation 22:17 (4)

    The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the on

  • John 4:10–15 (4)

    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would h

  • Psalms 50:15 (4)

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

  • Genesis 28:15 (4)

    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not l

  • Psalms 107:5–6 (3)

    They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

  • Luke 16:24 (3)

    So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my to

  • Psalms 94:14 (3)

    For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

  • John 7:37–39 (3)

    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him

  • Psalms 63:1–2 (3)

    A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts f

  • Isaiah 43:20 (3)

    The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rive

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9 (3)

    But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all t

  • Psalms 68:9–10 (3)

    You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

  • Psalms 22:15 (3)

    My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

  • Isaiah 66:2 (3)

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:

  • Revelation 21:6 (3)

    And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely

  • Exodus 17:3 (3)

    But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make

  • Hebrews 13:5–6 (3)

    Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you

  • Amos 8:11–13 (3)

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thi

  • Exodus 17:6 (3)

    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for

  • Psalms 42:2 (3)

    My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

  • Psalms 102:16–17 (3)

    For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

  • Judges 15:18–19 (3)

    And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant

  • Matthew 5:3 (3)

    “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Lamentations 4:4 (3)

    The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives t