Isaiah 45:8
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8 (A)“Shower, O heavens, from above,
and (B)let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
let the earth cause them both to sprout;
I the Lord have created it.
Hosea 10:12
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12 (A)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
(B)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and (C)rain righteousness upon you.
Isaiah 61:11
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11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause (A)righteousness and praise
to sprout up before all the nations.
Psalm 72:6
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Titus 3:3-6
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3 For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when (B)the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, (C)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (D)according to his own mercy, by (E)the washing of regeneration and (F)renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he (G)poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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6 (A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the growth. 7 So (D)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (E)will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are (F)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (G)God's building.
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Joel 3:18
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18 “And in that day
(A)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (B)all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
(C)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley of (D)Shittim.
Isaiah 11:1
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The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Psalm 85:9-12
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10 (C)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
(D)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 Yes, (E)the Lord will give what is good,
and our land (F)will yield its increase.
Joel 2:28-29
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The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit
28 [a] (A)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that (B)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
(C)your sons and (D)your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
29 (E)Even on the male and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
Footnotes
- Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew
Hosea 14:5-8
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5 (A)I will be like the dew to Israel;
(B)he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees (C)of Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be (D)like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and (E)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 O (F)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(G)from me comes your fruit.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
- Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him
Isaiah 65:17-18
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New Heavens and a New Earth
17 “For behold, (A)I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, (B)I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
Isaiah 60:21
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21 (A)Your people shall all be righteous;
(B)they shall possess the land forever,
(C)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 60:21 Or that I might display my beauty
Isaiah 53:2
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2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
(A)and like a root out of dry ground;
(B)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 44:3
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3 (A)For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
Isaiah 32:15
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15 until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
Isaiah 4:2
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The Branch of the Lord Glorified
2 In that day (A)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and (B)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.
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Psalm 72:3
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3 Let the mountains bear (A)prosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness!
Ephesians 4:24
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24 and to put on (A)the new self, (B)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Ezekiel 34:26
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26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill (A)a blessing, and (B)I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be (C)showers of blessing.
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Jeremiah 31:22
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22 (A)How long will you waver,
(B)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”
Isaiah 66:22
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22 “For as (A)the new heavens and the new earth
that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
so (B)shall your offspring and your name remain.
Isaiah 61:3
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3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(A)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(B)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(C)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (D)that he may be glorified.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
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