Isaiah 61:11

New American Bible - revised edition

As the earth brings forth its shoots, and a garden makes its seeds spring up, So will the Lord God make justice spring up, and praise before all the nations.

Cross References

Genesis 1:11

Then God said: Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. And so it happened:

Psalm 72:16

May wheat abound in the land, flourish even on the mountain heights. May his fruit be like that of Lebanon, and flourish in the city like the grasses of the land.

Psalm 72:3

That the mountains may yield their bounty for the people, and the hills great abundance,

Psalm 85:11

Love and truth will meet; justice and peace will kiss.

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, north wind! Come, south wind! Blow upon my garden that its perfumes may spread abroad. W Let my lover come to his garden and eat its fruits of choicest yield.

Isaiah 4:2

On that day, The branch of the Lord will be beauty and glory, and the fruit of the land will be honor and splendor for the survivors of Israel.

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I swear, uttering my just decree, a word that will not return: To me every knee shall bend; by me every tongue shall swear,

Isaiah 45:24

Saying, “Only in the Lord are just deeds and power. Before him in shame shall come all who vent their anger against him.

Isaiah 45:8

Let justice descend, you heavens, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the clouds drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud forth; let righteousness spring up with them! I, the Lord, have created this.

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing on that victory, it is not far off, my salvation shall not tarry; I will put salvation within Zion, give to Israel my glory.

Isaiah 48:18

If only you would attend to my commandments, your peace would be like a river, your vindication like the waves of the sea,

Isaiah 58:11

Then the Lord will guide you always and satisfy your thirst in parched places, will give strength to your bones And you shall be like a watered garden, like a flowing spring whose waters never fail.

Isaiah 60:18

No longer shall violence be heard of in your land, or plunder and ruin within your borders. You shall call your walls “Salvation” and your gates “Praise.”

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will all be just; for all time they will possess the land; They are the shoot that I planted, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Isaiah 62:2

Nations shall behold your vindication, and all kings your glory; You shall be called by a new name bestowed by the mouth of the Lord.

Isaiah 62:7

And give him no rest, until he re-establishes Jerusalem And makes it the praise of the earth.

Matthew 13:23

But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.” The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat.

Matthew 13:3

And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:8

But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.