Psalms 51:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:16 : 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 ‹Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.›
  • 2 Cor 11:28-29 : 28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 ¶ Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Neh 2:17 : 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
  • Ps 25:22 : 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 69:35 : 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
  • Ps 122:6-9 : 6 ¶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
  • Ps 137:5-6 : 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning]. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  • Ps 147:2 : 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
  • Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
  • Isa 58:12 : 12 And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 ¶ For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 ¶ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
  • Dan 9:25 : 25 Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
  • Mic 7:11 : 11 [In] the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall the decree be far removed.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

  • Ps 147:1-2
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    77%

    1¶ Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.

    2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

  • Ps 122:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6¶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

    7Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.

  • Ps 147:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12¶ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

    13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

  • Ps 51:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

    17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  • Ps 102:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

    14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

  • 26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

  • 9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

  • Ps 122:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

    3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

  • 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

  • 15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

  • 8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

  • 21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

  • 10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

  • Isa 62:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6¶ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

    7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

  • 19In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

  • 10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

  • 5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

  • Zech 1:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

    17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

  • 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • Ps 137:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

    7¶ Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.

  • 17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

  • 11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

  • 4¶ Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.

  • 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

  • 18¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

  • 35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  • 16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

  • 12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • 16O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us.

  • 2For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

  • 38Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

  • 12And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  • 3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

  • 10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

  • 10¶ Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they [are] not the LORD'S.

  • 2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

  • 11[In] the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall the decree be far removed.

  • 1¶ In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks.

  • 8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

  • 15¶ Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through [thee], I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.