Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Cross References (32)

  • Isaiah 60:14 (37)

    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call

  • Isaiah 60:16 (37)

    You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior a

  • Isaiah 60:3 (37)

    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

  • Micah 7:17 (35)

    They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strong

  • Isaiah 45:14 (34)

    This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature,

  • Isaiah 60:10–11 (33)

    Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will

  • Romans 10:11 (32)

    It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

  • Psalms 25:3 (27)

    Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

  • Isaiah 64:4 (22)

    From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of th

  • Revelation 3:9 (22)

    As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and

  • Isaiah 49:7 (22)

    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Serv

  • Isaiah 25:9 (21)

    And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD

  • Psalms 34:22 (21)

    The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

  • Psalms 2:10–12 (19)

    Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.

  • Revelation 21:24–26 (18)

    By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

  • 1 Peter 2:6 (18)

    For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in

  • Isaiah 62:2 (17)

    Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LO

  • Numbers 11:12 (17)

    Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurs

  • Psalms 72:9–11 (17)

    May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

  • Romans 9:33 (16)

    as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will n

  • Isaiah 52:15 (15)

    so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been

  • Psalms 68:31 (15)

    Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

  • Romans 5:5 (15)

    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He ha

  • Psalms 138:4 (15)

    All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

  • Joel 2:27 (14)

    Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will ne

  • Esther 8:1–10 (14)

    That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king

  • Ezra 6:7–12 (13)

    Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its orig

  • Ezra 1:2–4 (13)

    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, h

  • Psalms 69:6 (12)

    May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored throu

  • Nehemiah 2:6–10 (12)

    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?”

  • Ezra 7:11–28 (11)

    This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments an

  • Genesis 43:26 (11)

    When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.