Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 64:5 says God meets those who rejoice in righteousness — complementing Isaiah 26:9 where judgments lead to learning righteousness.
Isaiah 25:9 echoes the same longing: waiting for God and rejoicing in salvation — directly parallel to the seeking and learning righteousness in Isaiah 26:9.
Psalm 63:1 uses the same soul-thirst for God, intensifying the longing with drought imagery—a parallel expression of desperate desire.
Psalm 63:6 also describes remembering and meditating on God at night, directly parallel to this night-time seeking.
Luke 6:12 shows Jesus praying all night—a direct embodiment of the night-long yearning for God described here.
Psalm 77:2 also seeks the Lord through the night without ceasing, closely matching this night-time seeking.
Psalm 119:62 rises at midnight to give thanks for God's judgments, paralleling this early seeking and judgment theme.
Hosea 5:15 uses the same phrase 'seek me early' — affliction drives people to seek God as in Isaiah.
Psalm 105:7 declares that the Lord's judgments are in all the earth, directly matching the theme of God's judgments teaching righteousness.
Lamentations 2:19 depicts crying out to the Lord at night — a direct parallel to Isaiah's night-time longing and seeking God.
Lamentations 3:25 directly states the Lord is good to the soul who seeks Him — reinforcing Isaiah's promise that seeking leads to learning righteousness.
Ezekiel 5:15 describes God's judgments as a lesson and astonishment to nations — parallel to Isaiah's statement that judgments teach righteousness.
Psalm 143:6 stretches out hands with a soul thirsting for God like a parched land, vividly echoing Isaiah's yearning.
Psalm 119:147 rises before dawn crying for help and hoping in God's words, paralleling Isaiah's morning longing.
Psalm 119:55 remembers the Lord's name in the night and keeps His law, mirroring Isaiah's nightly yearning for God.
Psalm 84:2 expresses a soul that longs and faints for the courts of the Lord, paralleling Isaiah's deep yearning for God Himself.
Psalm 73:25 similarly declares that nothing in heaven or earth is desired besides God, echoing Isaiah's yearning for the Lord.
Psalm 42:1 expresses a soul panting for God — a direct parallel to Isaiah's soul desiring God in the night.
In Revelation 15:4, all nations worship God because his righteous acts are revealed — directly parallels learning righteousness through judgments.
Psalm 28:5 condemns those who disregard God's works — the opposite response to learning righteousness from judgments.
Revelation 11:13 shows survivors of judgment giving glory to God — fulfilling the pattern that judgments teach righteousness.
Proverbs 8:17 promises that those who seek diligently will find—reinforcing the value of persistent yearning for God.
Song of Solomon 1:7 expresses the bride's longing to find her beloved — a parallel to Isaiah's soul-desire for God in the night.
Psalm 119:131 pants with longing for God's commandments, a similar ardent desire as Isaiah's longing for God Himself.
Psalm 64:9 describes people fearing God and pondering His actions after judgment—a parallel response to the learning of righteousness.
Psalm 58:11 affirms that God's judgments on earth lead people to acknowledge Him—parallel to learning righteousness through judgment.