Psalm 25:13
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13 They will abide in prosperity,
and their children shall possess the land.(A)
Psalm 37:11
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11 But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.(A)
Proverbs 19:23
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23 The fear of the Lord is life indeed;
filled with it one rests secure
and suffers no harm.(A)
Proverbs 1:33
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33 but those who listen to me will be secure
and will live at ease without dread of disaster.”(A)
Matthew 5:5
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5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
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Zephaniah 3:17
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17 The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will renew you[a] in his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing(A)
Footnotes
- 3.17 Gk Syr: Heb he will be silent
Acts 2:39
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39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”(A)
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Ezekiel 34:25-28
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25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely.(A) 26 I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.(B) 27 The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil, and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(C) 28 They shall no more be plunder for the nations, nor shall the animals of the land devour them; they shall live in safety, and no one shall make them afraid.(D)
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Isaiah 65:23
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23 They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,[a]
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord—
and their descendants as well.(A)
Footnotes
- 65.23 Or sudden terror
Proverbs 29:25
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Footnotes
- 29.25 Or human fear
Psalm 37:26
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26 They are ever giving liberally and lending,
and their children become a blessing.(A)
1 Peter 3:10
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10 For
“Those who desire to love life
and to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
and their lips from speaking deceit;
Jeremiah 32:39
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39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A)
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