Psalms 37:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.”
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BSBPD
“The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 37:29 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 5:33You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- Deuteronomy 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- Psalms 25:13His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
- Psalms 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
- Psalms 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
- Psalms 37:27Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
- Proverbs 2:21For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- Isaiah 57:13When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
- 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.
- 2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
- Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
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