Isaiah 61:11
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11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause (A)righteousness and (B)praise to spring forth before all the nations.
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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Mark 4:26-32
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The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 And He said, (A)“The kingdom of God is as if a man should [a]scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and (B)grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth (C)yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately (D)he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(E)
30 Then He said, (F)“To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? 31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; 32 but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
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- Mark 4:26 sow
Isaiah 58:11
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11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
Isaiah 62:7
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7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem (A)a praise in the earth.
Isaiah 62:1
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Assurance of Zion’s Salvation
62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
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- Isaiah 62:1 keep silent
Isaiah 55:10-11
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10 “For (A)as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
11 (B)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (C)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
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- Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit
Isaiah 60:18
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18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither [a]wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call (A)your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.
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- Isaiah 60:18 devastation
Isaiah 45:8
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8 “Rain(A) down, you heavens, from above,
And let the skies pour down righteousness;
Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation,
And let righteousness spring up together.
I, the Lord, have created it.
Psalm 85:11
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11 Truth shall spring out of the earth,
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Matthew 13:23
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23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears (A)fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
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Matthew 13:3
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3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: (A)“Behold, a sower went out to sow.
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Psalm 72:16
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16 There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
(A)And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Psalm 72:3
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3 (A)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
Matthew 13:8
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8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some (A)a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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