Letters were sent wishing peace and security to all the Jews, to the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,
Isaiah 32:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever. American Standard Version (1901) And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever. Common English Bible The fruit of righteousness will be peace, and the outcome of righteousness, calm and security forever. Catholic Public Domain Version And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the work of justice shall be peace: and the service of justice quietness and security for ever. |
Letters were sent wishing peace and security to all the Jews, to the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
but those who listen to me will be secure and will live at ease without dread of disaster.”
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and one’s children will have a refuge.
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart; the hostility of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not be hostile toward Ephraim.
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace, in peace because they trust in you.
to whom he has said, “This is rest; give rest to the weary, and this is repose,” yet they would not hear.
For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. But you refused
he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.
O that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like a river and your success like the waves of the sea;
For you shall go out in joy and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord, and I will heal them.
For thus says the Lord: I will extend prosperity to her like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm and bounced on her knees.
Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your ancestors lived; they and their children and their children’s children shall live there forever, and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
and I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,
Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.