Psalms 85:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

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  • Isa 45:8 : 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, ‹I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.›
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
  • 1 John 5:20-21 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 ¶ In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.

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  • Ps 85:9-10
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    9 Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

    10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].

  • Ps 85:12-13
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    12 Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.

    13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

  • 14 Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

  • 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

  • Ps 33:4-5
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    4 For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.

    5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

  • 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • Isa 59:14-15
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    14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

    15 Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.

  • 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

  • Isa 32:16-17
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    16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

    17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

  • 11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

  • 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

  • Ps 72:6-7
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    6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

    7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

  • 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.

  • 142 ¶ Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.

  • 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

  • 7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

  • 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • 1 ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

  • 10 For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

  • 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

  • 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

  • 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

  • 28 ¶ Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

  • 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

  • 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

  • 4 And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • 4 For thy mercy [is] great above the heavens: and thy truth [reacheth] unto the clouds.

  • 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

  • 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

  • 8 ¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

  • 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

  • 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

  • 42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • 24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

  • 2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.

  • 5 ¶ Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

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    8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

  • 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

  • 15 To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.

  • 17 ¶ [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.