Psalm 51:18
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18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalm 102:16
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16 For the Lord shall build up Zion;
(A)He shall appear in His glory.
Philippians 2:13
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13 for (A)it is God who works in you both to will and to do (B)for His good pleasure.
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Ephesians 1:5
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5 (A)having predestined us to (B)adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, (C)according to the good pleasure of His will,
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Luke 12:32
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32 “Do not fear, little flock, for (A)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Psalm 122:6-9
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6 (A)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will (B)seek your good.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
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11 Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would (A)count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and (B)the work of faith with power,
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Psalm 25:22
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22 (A)Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all their troubles!
Ephesians 1:9
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9 (A)having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure (B)which He purposed in Himself,
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2 Corinthians 11:28-29
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28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: (A)my deep concern for all the churches. 29 (B)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
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Zechariah 2:5
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5 For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be (A)a wall of fire all around her, (B)and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”
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Micah 7:11
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Footnotes
- Micah 7:11 Or the boundary shall be extended
Daniel 9:25
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25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until (A)Messiah (B)the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The [a]street shall be built again, and the [b]wall,
Even in troublesome times.
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:25 Or open square
- Daniel 9:25 Or moat
Jeremiah 51:50
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50 (A)You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
(B)Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Isaiah 62:6-7
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6 (A)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall [a]never hold their peace day or night.
You who [b]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem (B)a praise in the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:6 not be silent
- Isaiah 62:6 remember
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:1 keep silent
Isaiah 58:12
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12 Those from among you
(A)Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of [a]Streets to Dwell In.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:12 Lit. Paths
Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will (A)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert (B)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Psalm 147:2
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Psalm 137:5-6
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
6 If I do not remember you,
Let my (A)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
Psalm 69:35
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35 (A)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
Nehemiah 2:17
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17 Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies [a]waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be (A)a reproach.”
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- Nehemiah 2:17 desolate
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