Psalm 72:16

New English Translation

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

Cross References

1 Kings 4:20

The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.

Job 5:25

You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

Job 8:7

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

Psalm 104:16

The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

Psalm 72:6

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

Isaiah 29:17

In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

Isaiah 30:23

He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

Isaiah 32:15

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

Isaiah 32:20

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

Isaiah 35:2

Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

Jeremiah 33:22

I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.’”

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

Revelation 7:14

So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 7:9

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.