Isaiah 57:11
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
Cross-reference
Isaiah 57:1 says people did not 'take to heart' the righteous' death; 57:11 says they did not take God's silence to heart. Same phrase, same spiritual dullness.
Isaiah 26:10 says the wicked do not regard God's majesty despite grace—same disregard as those in 57:11 who fail to fear God because of His silence.
In Isaiah 51:12, God asks why fear mortals — directly addressing the fear of man that leads to forgetting God in 57:11.
In Isaiah 51:13, forgetting the Maker due to fear of oppressors — same pattern as 57:11's fear causing forgetfulness.
Isaiah 42:25 uses the same phrase 'did not take it to heart'—highlighting Israel's failure to learn from judgment.
Isaiah 59:13 confesses lying and rebellion against God—directly echoing the falsehood and unfaithfulness here.
Isaiah 63:8 records God's expectation that Israel would be true—contrasting with their actual falsehood described here.
Psalm 50:21 states God's silence led people to think He was like them—directly explains why Isaiah's people stopped fearing God.
Galatians 2:12 shows Peter fearing the circumcision group and acting hypocritically — same dynamic as 57:11 where fear causes falsehood.
In Matthew 26:69-75, Peter denies Jesus out of fear — a concrete example of 57:11's principle: fearing people leads to being false to God.
Jeremiah 9:3-5 describes lying and not acknowledging God—directly echoes the 'not remembered me' and falsehood here. Strong overlap.
Jeremiah 3:21 shows Israel weeping because they forgot the Lord—the same root issue as Isaiah's people failing to remember God.
Jeremiah 2:32 laments that God's people have forgotten Him 'days without number'—direct parallel to Isaiah's 'not remembered me'.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 observes that delayed punishment encourages evil—the very dynamic behind Isaiah's 'long silence' causing lack of fear.
Proverbs 29:25 states fear of man is a snare — directly parallels 57:11 where fear leads to falsehood and forgetting God.
In Matthew 26:70, Peter's denial mirrors the falsehood from fear — he feared people and denied knowing Christ, directly paralleling Isaiah's theme.
John 9:22 shows fear of the Jews causing the parents to avoid confessing Jesus — directly illustrating the fear-driven falsehood in Isaiah.
John 12:42 describes rulers believing but not confessing due to fear — same pattern of fear-induced falsehood as in Isaiah.
1 Peter 3:6 contrasts by urging believers not to fear — opposite of the fear that leads to falsehood in Isaiah.
Jeremiah 38:19 shows Zedekiah's fear of people leading to disobedience—a concrete example of the fear rebuked here.
In Matthew 25:25, fear similarly drives unfaithful action — the servant's fear of his master leads him to hide the talent, paralleling the falsehood from fear.
Nehemiah 6:13 records intimidation meant to make Nehemiah sin—similar to fear producing falsehood in this passage.
Malachi 2:2 rebukes failure to honor God's name—parallel to the lack of fear and remembrance here.
In Galatians 2:13, fear of people leads to hypocrisy—paralleling how fearing others instead of God causes deception here.