Isaiah 45:19

WEB

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the LORD, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

KJV

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

BSB

¹⁹I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

FBV

¹⁹I haven't been talking in secret in an obscure place. I didn't tell the descendants of Jacob: Look for me in a place where no one can be found.^[+] I, the Lord, tell the truth—I say what's right.

Extra References

Isaiah 48:16

¹⁶“Come near to me and hear this: “From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it happened, I was there.” Now the Lord GOD has sent me with his Spirit.

¹⁹God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good? ²⁰Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.

Amos 5:4

⁴For the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

Jeremiah 29:13-14

¹³You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. ¹⁴I will be found by you,” says the LORD, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,” says the LORD. “I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”

Proverbs 30:5

⁵“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

John 18:20

²⁰Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.

Psalms 9:10

¹⁰Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Malachi 3:13-14

¹³“Your words have been harsh against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’ ¹⁴You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of Armies?

Proverbs 15:8

⁸The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

James 4:3

³You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.