Psalms 87:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.

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  • Ezek 48:35 : 35 It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.
  • John 1:12-14 : 12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name: 13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire. 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
  • John 3:3-5 : 3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again? 5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
  • Gal 3:26-28 : 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 11:32-12:2 : 32 What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut, 34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations. 35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come; 36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: 37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked, 38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough. 39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith, 40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us. 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us, 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • 1 Pet 1:23-24 : 23 Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God. 24 For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
  • Heb 12:22-24 : 22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered, 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete, 24 And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • Ps 48:8 : 8 As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)
  • Isa 44:4-5 : 4 And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams. 5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.
  • Isa 60:1-9 : 1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you. 2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you. 3 And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn. 4 Let your eyes be lifted up, and see: they are all coming together to you: your sons will come from far, and your daughters taken with loving care. 5 Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you. 6 You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord. 7 All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful. 8 Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows? 9 Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 6 The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

  • Ps 87:1-4
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    1 <Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain.

    2 The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

    3 Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)

    4 Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

  • 16 When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory;

  • 5 The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

    14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

  • 5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

  • 2 In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.

  • 35 For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

  • Ps 2:6-7
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    6 But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

    7 I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

  • 21 Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.

  • Ps 48:2-3
    2 verses
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    2 Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.

    3 In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.

  • 27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

  • 11 Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

  • 2 The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

  • 3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,

  • 8 When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.

  • 31 They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

  • 32 What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

  • 7 And I will make her whose steps were uncertain a small band, and her who was feeble a strong nation: and the Lord will be their King in Mount Zion from now and for ever.

  • 2 From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out his light.

  • 12 Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

  • 3 And it will come about that the rest of the living in Zion, and of those who have been kept from destruction in Jerusalem, will be named holy, even everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem:

  • 2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.

  • 10 The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.

  • 16 And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

  • 18 This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.

  • 5 Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

  • 15 And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.

  • 7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

  • 27 Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

  • 8 To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

  • 6 Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?

  • 14 But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.

  • 2 Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.

  • 2 May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;

  • 13 You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted.

  • 17 But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.

  • 4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

  • 5 O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

  • 11 And now a number of nations have come together against you, and they say, Let her be made unclean and let our eyes see the fate of Zion.

  • 10 Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

  • 18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.