Psalms 11:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.”
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“For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For righteous <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 11:7 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 36:7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- Psalms 5:12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- Psalms 7:11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Psalms 21:6For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
- Psalms 33:5The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
- Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalms 42:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Psalms 45:8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
- Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalms 146:8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:9The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
- Isaiah 61:8For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- Revelation 22:4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
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