Psalms 51:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

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  • Ps 102:16 : 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • 2 Cor 11:28-29 : 28 Besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Neh 2:17 : 17 Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be 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 you. 7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.
  • Ps 137:5-6 : 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
  • Ps 147:2 : 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
  • Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD will 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 will be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
  • Isa 58:12 : 12 And those from among you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines forth like brightness, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent, 7 And give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 You who have escaped the sword, go away, do not stand 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 until the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times.
  • Mic 7:11 : 11 In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be removed far away.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.

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  • 19Then you shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then they shall offer bulls on your altar.

  • Ps 147:1-2
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    1Praise the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is fitting.

    2The LORD builds up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

  • Ps 122:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

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

    7Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

  • Ps 147:12-13
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    75%

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

    13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.

  • Ps 51:16-17
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    74%

    16For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; you do not delight in burnt offering.

    17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

  • Ps 102:13-14
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    73%

    13You shall arise and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come.

    14For your servants take pleasure in her stones and favor the dust thereof.

  • 26Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

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

  • Ps 122:2-3
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    73%

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

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

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

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

  • 8The Lord has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out a line, He has 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, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

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

  • Isa 62:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent,

    7And give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

  • 19In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

  • 10And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you.

  • 5The LORD shall bless you out of Zion; and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

  • Zech 1:16-17
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    16Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

    17Proclaim again, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.

  • 8Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones you have broken may rejoice.

  • Ps 137:6-7
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    72%

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

    7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, Tear it down, tear it down, even to its foundation.

  • 17Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.

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

  • 4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

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

  • 18Thus says the LORD; Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be rebuilt on its own ruins, and the palace shall remain as it used to be.

  • 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 for your sake Zion shall 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 Your righteousness, I plead with You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all around us.

  • 2For You have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin; a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be rebuilt.

  • 38Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the corner gate.

  • 12And those from among you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  • 3For the LORD will 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 will be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

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

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

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

  • 11In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be removed far away.

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

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

  • 15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations.