Psalm 85:10
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10 Mercy and truth have met together;
(A)Righteousness and peace have kissed.
Proverbs 3:3
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3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
(A)Bind them around your neck,
(B)Write them on the tablet of your heart,
Psalm 89:14
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
Isaiah 32:16-18
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The Peace of God’s Reign
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 (A)The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet (B)resting places,
Psalm 72:3
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3 (A)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
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5 “Behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and [a]prosper,
(B)And execute [b]judgment and righteousness in the [c]earth.
6 (C)In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel (D)will dwell safely;
Now (E)this is His name by which He will be called:
[d]THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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- Jeremiah 23:5 act wisely
- Jeremiah 23:5 justice
- Jeremiah 23:5 land
- Jeremiah 23:6 Heb. YHWH Tsidkenu
Psalm 100:5
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5 For the Lord is good;
(A)His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.
Exodus 34:6-7
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6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord (A)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in (B)goodness and (C)truth, 7 (D)keeping mercy for thousands, (E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, (F)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
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Romans 5:21
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21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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John 1:17
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17 For (A)the law was given through Moses, but (B)grace and (C)truth came through Jesus Christ.
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Isaiah 45:24
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24 He shall say,
[a]‘Surely in the Lord I have (A)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And (B)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:24 Or Only in the Lord are all righteousness and strength
Hebrews 7:2
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2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”
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Romans 5:1
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Faith Triumphs in Trouble
5 Therefore, (A)having been justified by faith, [a]we have (B)peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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- Romans 5:1 Some ancient mss. let us have
Romans 3:25-26
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25 whom God set forth (A)as a [a]propitiation (B)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over (C)the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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- Romans 3:25 mercy seat
Micah 7:20
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20 (A)You will give truth to Jacob
And [a]mercy to Abraham,
(B)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:20 Or lovingkindness
Luke 2:14
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Footnotes
- Luke 2:14 NU toward men of goodwill
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