Verse 18

Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 66:12 : 12 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you shall suck [of it]; you shall be borne on the side, and shall be dandled on the knees.
  • Deut 32:29 : 29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
  • Isa 32:15-18 : 15 until the Spirit be poured on us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest. 16 Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field. 17 The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. 18 My people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
  • Amos 5:24 : 24 But let justice roll on like rivers, And righteousness like a mighty stream.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Isa 45:8 : 8 Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Yahweh, have created it.
  • Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
  • Ps 81:13-16 : 13 Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14 I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever. 16 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."