Verse 9

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 61:3 : 3 to 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.
  • Ps 45:7 : 7 You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
  • Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 1:9 : 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Ps 23:5 : 5 You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
  • John 1:41 : 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him,“We have found the Messiah!”(which is translated Christ).
  • John 3:34 : 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus replied,“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them,‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the LORD, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.
  • Ps 33:5 : 5 He promotes equity and justice; the LORD’s faithfulness extends throughout the earth.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
  • Ps 89:20 : 20 I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.
  • Ps 89:26 : 26 He will call out to me,‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’
  • Ps 119:104 : 104 Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.
  • Ps 119:128 : 128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
  • Phil 2:9 : 9 As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
  • Heb 2:11 : 11 For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 New Birth to Joy and Holiness Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).
  • Rev 2:6-7 : 6 But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice– practices I also hate. 7 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
  • Rev 2:15 : 15 In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.