Isaiah 55:2

Why 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.

Cross References (34)

  • John 6:48–58 (14)

    I am the bread of life.

  • Jeremiah 2:13 (13)

    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their ow

  • Psalms 36:8 (11)

    They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

  • Psalms 22:26 (11)

    The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

  • Romans 10:2–3 (11)

    For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 31:14 (8)

    I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

  • Isaiah 51:7 (8)

    Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be

  • Hebrews 13:9 (8)

    Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and n

  • Mark 7:14 (7)

    Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

  • Habakkuk 2:13 (7)

    Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselv

  • Hosea 8:7 (6)

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour.

  • Isaiah 51:1 (5)

    “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the

  • Matthew 22:4 (5)

    Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fa

  • Psalms 63:5 (5)

    My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

  • Isaiah 51:4 (4)

    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

  • Proverbs 9:5 (4)

    “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • Isaiah 1:19 (4)

    If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

  • Psalms 34:11 (4)

    Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Matthew 15:9 (4)

    They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

  • Romans 9:31 (4)

    but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

  • Hosea 12:1 (3)

    Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant w

  • Luke 15:23 (3)

    Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

  • Romans 10:17 (3)

    Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

  • Isaiah 46:6 (3)

    They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they

  • Ecclesiastes 6:2 (2)

    God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enj

  • Proverbs 8:32 (2)

    Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Philippians 3:4–7 (2)

    though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have mor

  • Deuteronomy 11:13 (2)

    So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all you

  • Isaiah 25:6 (2)

    On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice me

  • Exodus 15:26 (2)

    saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay atten

  • Isaiah 44:20 (1)

    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my

  • Luke 15:15–16 (1)

    So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

  • Proverbs 1:33 (1)

    But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

  • Proverbs 7:23 (1)

    until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.