Isaiah 55:8

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

Noyes Bible

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 unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him, And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:10All the doings of the LORD are mercy and truth To those who keep his covenant and his precepts.

Psalms 92:5How great are thy works, O LORD! How deep thy purposes!

Proverbs 25:3As the heavens for their height, And as the earth for its depth, So is the heart of kings unsearchable!

Jeremiah 3:1It is said, if a man put away his wife, And she go from him, and become another man's, Shall he return to her again? Shall not that land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah?

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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