Psalms 85:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.”
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“Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 85:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 72:3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
- Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- Isaiah 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- 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.
- Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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