Isaiah 55:8
¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, saith the LORD.
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- Psalms 92:5Rank 1 from verse 8
- Psalms 40:5Rank 2 from verse 8
5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
5‖Many, O LORD my God; are thy wonderfull workes which thou hast done, and thy thoughts, which are to vs ward: they cannot be reckoned vp in order vnto thee: if I would declare and speake of them, they are moe then can be numbred.
- Hosea 14:9Rank 3 from verse 8
9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
9Who is wise, and hee shall vnderstand these things? prudent, and hee shall know them? for the wayes of the LORD are right, and the iust shall walke in them: but the transgressours shall fall therein.
- Ezekiel 18:29Rank 4 from verse 8
- Psalms 25:10Rank 5 from verse 8
- Daniel 4:37Rank 6 from verse 8
37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
37Now I Nebuchad-nezzar praise, and extoll and honour the King of heauen, all whose workes are truth, and his waies iudgement, and those that walke in pride he is able to abase.
- Isaiah 53:6Rank 7 from verse 8
- Proverbs 21:8Rank 8 from verse 8
- Proverbs 25:3Rank 9 from verse 8
- 2 Samuel 7:19Rank 10 from verse 8
19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O LORD God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while to come, and is this the †maner of man, O LORD God?
- Jeremiah 3:1Rank 11 from verse 8
1THEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
1¶ †*They say; If a man put away his wife, and she goe from him, and become another mans, shall hee returne vnto her againe? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many louers; yet returne againe to me, saith the LORD.
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Isaiah 55:8
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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7Let 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.
7††Let the wicked forsake his way, & the vnrighteous man his thoughts: and let him returne vnto the LORD, and he will haue mercie vpon him, and to our God, for hee will abundantly pardon.
8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, saith the LORD.
Selected passage9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
9For as the heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughts then your thouhts.