Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 42:1 introduces the Servant with God's Spirit — the same Servant who receives a taught tongue to sustain the weary.
Isaiah 42:3 shows the Servant not breaking the bruised reed — consistent with sustaining the weary with a word in 50:4.
Isaiah 49:2 describes the Servant's mouth as a sharp sword — parallel to the taught tongue that sustains the weary.
Isaiah 51:16 echoes God putting words in the servant's mouth, reinforcing the theme of divine commissioning to speak.
Isaiah 57:15-19 describes God reviving the contrite — the same weary people the servant is sent to sustain with a word.
In Exodus 4:12, God promises to teach Moses what to say — directly paralleling the Servant's taught tongue and awakened ear.
John 7:15-17 has Jesus claiming his teaching is from God — directly parallel to the servant's 'the Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught'.
In Luke 21:15, Jesus promises to give disciples a mouth and wisdom — echoing the Servant's divinely given tongue.
In Luke 4:22, people marvel at Jesus' gracious words — fulfilling the Servant's role of speaking to sustain the weary.
Matthew 11:28 has Jesus inviting the weary to find rest — the same people the servant is meant to sustain with a word.
In Jeremiah 1:9, God touches Jeremiah's mouth and puts words in it — the same divine empowerment for speech as in Isaiah 50:4.
Proverbs 12:25 states that a good word lifts the anxious — the same principle as the Servant sustaining the weary with a word.
Psalm 40:6 emphasizes God giving an open ear — the same image of divinely opened ears for obedience as in the Servant's awakened ear.
Mark 13:11 promises the Spirit will give words in trial, mirroring the servant's divinely given speech to sustain others.
Luke 4:18 quotes the anointed servant's mission to proclaim, directly parallel to the servant's role of speaking God's words.
Deuteronomy 18:18 promises a prophet with God's words in his mouth — the same divine enablement the servant receives to speak sustaining words.
In John 8:29, Jesus says He always does what pleases the Father, reflecting the Servant's taught ear and obedient speech.
Jeremiah 31:25 speaks of God satisfying the weary, parallel to the servant's role of sustaining the weary with a word.
Job 4:3-4 describes Job strengthening the weak with words — the same ministry the servant has of sustaining the weary with a word.
In Exodus 4:11, God declares He makes mouths — the same God who gives the Servant a taught tongue in Isaiah 50:4.
Ephesians 4:29 exhorts speech that builds up and gives grace, similar to the Servant's words that sustain the weary.
In Psalm 45:2, grace is poured on the king's lips — a different aspect of divinely gifted speech than the Servant's teaching.
1 Corinthians 12:8 describes divinely given wisdom and knowledge, echoing the Servant's God-given tongue to speak to the weary.