Isaiah 42:6

“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Cross References (32)

  • Luke 2:32 (30)

    a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

  • John 8:12 (30)

    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the

  • Isaiah 26:3 (23)

    You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

  • Isaiah 49:8 (23)

    This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will

  • Acts 13:47 (23)

    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of

  • Isaiah 49:6 (20)

    He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones

  • 1 Peter 2:9 (15)

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu

  • Isaiah 60:1–3 (14)

    Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

  • Jeremiah 23:5–6 (13)

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wis

  • Isaiah 51:4–5 (9)

    Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a

  • Hebrews 13:20 (9)

    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that

  • Hebrews 9:15 (8)

    Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheri

  • Acts 26:23 (8)

    that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gent

  • Romans 3:25–26 (8)

    God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because

  • Psalms 45:6–7 (7)

    Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

  • Romans 15:8–9 (7)

    For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises mad

  • Isaiah 41:13 (7)

    For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

  • Isaiah 43:1 (7)

    But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I ha

  • Isaiah 42:1 (7)

    “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will br

  • 2 Corinthians 1:20 (7)

    For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

  • Hebrews 7:26 (6)

    Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the h

  • Hebrews 8:6 (6)

    Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is found

  • Isaiah 45:13 (6)

    I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles

  • Matthew 26:28 (5)

    This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

  • Hebrews 1:8–9 (5)

    But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

  • Hebrews 12:24 (5)

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

  • Jeremiah 33:15–16 (4)

    In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and r

  • Isaiah 49:1–3 (4)

    Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother

  • Galatians 3:15–17 (3)

    Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

  • Luke 1:69–72 (3)

    He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

  • Isaiah 32:1 (2)

    Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

  • Hebrews 7:2 (1)

    and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of