KJV King James Version
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].
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Psalm 85:10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
WEB World English Bible
Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
ASV American Standard Version
Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Surrounding context — Psalm 85
7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
9 Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.
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Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:Psalm 89:14Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.Psalm 100:5For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.Isaiah 32:16-18Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.Psalm 72:3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.Romans 5:21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.Micah 7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.Isaiah 45:24Surely, shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.Romans 3:25-26Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;Hebrews 7:2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;Exodus 34:6-7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,Romans 5:1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:Luke 1:54-55He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy;Jeremiah 23:5-6Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.Luke 2:14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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