Psalm 51:18

New International Version

May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:17

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.”

Psalm 102:16

For the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.

Psalm 147:2

The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

Psalm 25:22

Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles!

Psalm 40:7

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll.

Psalm 69:35

for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;

Isaiah 51:3

The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

Isaiah 58:12

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and call to mind Jerusalem.”

Daniel 9:25

“Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 7:11

The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries.

Zechariah 2:5

And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’

Luke 12:32

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Ephesians 1:5

he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—

Ephesians 1:9

he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.