Psalms 72:3

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“May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.”

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BSBPD

“May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 72:3 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 65:12The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
  2. Psalms 72:16May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
  3. Psalms 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
  4. Psalms 85:11Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
  5. Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
  6. Psalms 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
  7. Isaiah 32:16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
  8. Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
  9. Isaiah 45:8Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
  10. Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
  11. Isaiah 60:17Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
  12. Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
  13. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  14. Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
  15. 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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