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Isaiah 55:8

For not my thoughts are your thoughts, and not your ways are my ways, saith the Lord.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

In Context

7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

9For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on;—for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

2 Kings 5:11But Na'aman became wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I had thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and swing his hand over the place, and heal the leper.

Psalms 25:10All the paths of the Lord are kindness and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Psalms 92:5(92:6) How great are thy works, O Lord! exceedingly profound are thy thoughts.

Proverbs 25:3As are the heavens for height, and the earth is for depth, so should the heart of kings be unsearchable.

Jeremiah 3:1One could say, Behold, if a man send away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, can he return unto her again? would not that land be greatly polluted? and thou hast played the harlot with many companions, and wilt yet return to me, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:7-13

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord , and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord . 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10… Read the whole commentary →

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