Isaiah 48:18
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18 O that you had paid attention to my commandments!
Then your prosperity would have been like a river
and your success like the waves of the sea;(A)
Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!(A)
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Isaiah 66:12
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12 For thus says the Lord:
I will extend prosperity to her like a river
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream,
and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm
and bounced on her knees.(A)
Psalm 119:165
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165 Great peace have those who love your law;
nothing can make them stumble.(A)
Psalm 81:13-16
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13 O that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!(A)
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.(B)
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their doom would last forever.
16 I would feed you[a] with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”(C)
Footnotes
- 81.16 Cn: Heb he would feed him
Deuteronomy 32:29
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29 If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern what their end would be.(A)
Luke 19:41-42
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,(A) 42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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Isaiah 45:8
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8 Shower, O heavens, from above,
and let the skies rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation may spring up,[a]
and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also;
I the Lord have created it.(A)
Footnotes
- 45.8 Q ms: MT that they may bring forth salvation
Psalm 36:8
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8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.(A)
Romans 14:17
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17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.(A)
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Amos 5:24
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24 But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(A)
Isaiah 32:15-18
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15 until a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.(A)
The Peace of God’s Reign
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.(B)
17 The effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.(C)
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Matthew 23:37
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The Lament over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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