Isaiah 32:16

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“Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.”

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BSBPD

“Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 32:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
  2. Isaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
  3. Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  4. Isaiah 42:4He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
  5. Isaiah 56:6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
  6. Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
  7. Jeremiah 31:23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
  8. Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
  9. Zechariah 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
  10. 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
  11. Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
  12. 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  13. 1 Peter 4:1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

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