Isaiah 58:8

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Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard.

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  • Jer 33:6 : 6 But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.
  • Isa 52:12 : 12 Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
  • Job 11:17 : 17 And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them. I will lead them, and I will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them.
  • Isa 58:10-11 : 10 You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. 11 The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
  • Jer 30:17 : 17 Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the LORD, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.”
  • Ps 85:13 : 13 Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.
  • Hos 6:2-3 : 2 He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence. 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
  • Hos 14:4 : 4 Divine Promise to Relent from Judgment and to Restore Blessings“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.
  • Exod 14:19 : 19 The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
  • Isa 30:26 : 26 The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
  • Acts 10:4 : 4 Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

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  • Ps 37:6
    77%

    6He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

  • Isa 58:9-14
    6 verses
    77%

    9Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

    10You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

    11The LORD will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.

    12Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’

    13You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the LORD’s holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.

    14Then you will find joy in your relationship to the LORD, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

  • Isa 60:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!

    2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

    3Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

  • Isa 58:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

    7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

  • Job 11:17
    74%

    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

  • Isa 60:18-21
    4 verses
    74%

    18Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls,‘Deliverance,’ and your gates,‘Praise.’

    19The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the LORD will be your permanent source of light– the splendor of your God will shine upon you.

    20Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the LORD will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.

    21All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

  • Isa 52:12
    73%

    12Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

  • Prov 3:8
    73%

    8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

  • Mal 4:2
    73%

    2But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

  • Isa 30:26
    73%

    26The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.

  • Isa 61:11
    72%

    11For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the Sovereign LORD will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

  • Isa 55:12
    72%

    12Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

  • Isa 49:9
    72%

    9You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

  • Ps 85:13
    72%

    13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

  • Jer 30:17
    72%

    17Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the LORD, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.”

  • 2 Sam 23:4
    71%

    4is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

  • Isa 56:1
    71%

    1The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter This is what the LORD says,“Promote justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly.

  • Isa 66:14
    71%

    14When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The LORD will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.

  • Isa 62:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the LORD himself will give you.

    3You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal turban in the hand of your God.

  • Isa 35:2
    70%

    2Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

  • Isa 35:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

    6Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.

  • Isa 30:21
    70%

    21You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.

  • Isa 61:3
    70%

    3to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.

  • Jer 33:6
    70%

    6But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.

  • Isa 54:14
    70%

    14You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

  • Prov 4:18
    70%

    18But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

  • Isa 29:18
    70%

    18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

  • Isa 60:15
    70%

    15You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.

  • Isa 57:18
    70%

    18I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them. I will lead them, and I will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them.

  • Job 8:6
    69%

    6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.

  • Isa 30:23
    69%

    23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

  • Ps 89:15
    69%

    15How blessed are the people who worship you! O LORD, they experience your favor.

  • Isa 17:11
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    11The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.

  • Isa 1:26-27
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    69%

    26I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called,‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”

    27Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness.

  • Ps 112:4
    69%

    4In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

  • Isa 59:20
    69%

    20“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the LORD.