Psalms 87:6

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The LORD writes in the census book of the nations,“This one was born there.”(Selah)

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  • Isa 4:3 : 3 Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called“holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.
  • Ps 69:28 : 28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!
  • Ezek 13:9 : 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council of my people, nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
  • Ps 22:30 : 30 A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 “I thought to myself,‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me,‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 The LORD said to him,“Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”
  • Gal 4:26-31 : 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:“Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.” 28 But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac. 29 But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now. 30 But what does the scripture say?“Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” of the free woman. 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

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  • Ps 87:1-5
    5 verses
    88%

    1Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The LORD’s city is in the holy hills.

    2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

    3People say wonderful things about you, O city of God.(Selah)

    4I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them,“This one was born there.”

    5But it is said of Zion’s residents,“Each one of these was born in her, and the Most High makes her secure.”

  • Ps 102:18
    69%

    18The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the LORD.

  • Ps 22:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the Lord.

    31They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.

  • Ps 87:7
    68%

    7As for the singers, as well as the pipers– all of them sing within your walls.

  • Ps 76:2
    68%

    2He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

  • Ps 102:16
    68%

    16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

  • Ps 9:11
    67%

    11Sing praises to the LORD, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

  • Ps 128:5-6
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    67%

    5May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

    6and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

  • Ps 135:21
    66%

    21The LORD deserves praise in Zion– he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 84:4-5
    2 verses
    66%

    4How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually!(Selah)

    5How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

  • Ps 69:35
    66%

    35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    66%

    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

    14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

  • Ps 2:6-7
    2 verses
    65%

    6“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

    7The king says,“I will announce the LORD’s decree. He said to me:‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

  • Ps 33:12-13
    2 verses
    65%

    12How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

    13The LORD watches from heaven; he sees all people.

  • Ps 53:6
    65%

    6I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!

  • Mic 5:2
    65%

    2A King Will Come and a Remnant Will Prosper(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah– from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

  • Ps 134:3
    65%

    3May the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

  • Ps 14:7
    65%

    7I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!

  • Ps 149:2
    65%

    2Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!

  • Ps 139:16
    65%

    16Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

  • Ps 113:8
    64%

    8that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

  • Isa 66:8
    64%

    8Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!

  • Isa 4:3
    64%

    3Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called“holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.

  • Ps 15:1
    64%

    1A psalm of David. LORD, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?

  • Ps 147:12
    64%

    12Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

  • Ps 112:2
    64%

    2His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

  • Ps 89:4
    64%

    4‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.’”(Selah)

  • Num 23:9
    64%

    9For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations.

  • Ps 68:26
    64%

    26In your large assemblies praise God, the LORD, in the assemblies of Israel!

  • Isa 34:17
    64%

    17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

  • Ps 89:36-37
    2 verses
    64%

    36His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

    37it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”(Selah)

  • Ps 89:27
    63%

    27I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

  • Ps 99:2
    63%

    2The LORD is elevated in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

  • Ps 116:19
    63%

    19in the courts of the LORD’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 48:2
    63%

    2It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.

  • Ps 89:48
    63%

    48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)

  • Ps 147:2
    63%

    2The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.

  • Ps 50:6
    63%

    6The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge.(Selah)

  • Ps 146:10
    63%

    10The LORD rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the LORD!