Isaiah 48:18
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18 (A)Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
(B)Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
Isaiah 66:12
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12 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and (B)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 (A)Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, (B)that it might go well with them and with their descendants[a] forever!
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- Deuteronomy 5:29 Or sons
Psalm 81:13-16
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13 (A)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would (B)walk in my ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies
and (C)turn my hand against their foes.
15 Those who hate the Lord would (D)cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.
16 But he would feed you[a] with (E)the finest of the wheat,
and with (F)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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- Psalm 81:16 That is, Israel; Hebrew him
Deuteronomy 32:29
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Psalm 119:165
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Psalm 36:8
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8 They feast on (A)the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from (B)the river of (C)your delights.
Luke 19:41-42
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it, 42 saying, (C)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now (D)they are hidden from your eyes.
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Amos 5:24
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24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Isaiah 32:15-18
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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.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (C)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
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- Isaiah 32:17 Or security
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.
Romans 14:17
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17 (A)For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but (B)of righteousness and (C)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 23:37
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