- Psalm 122:6 (NIV)
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May those who love you be secure.'”
- Isaiah 62:6-7 (NIV)
“I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.”
- Romans 10:1 (NIV)
“Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.”
- Psalm 125:4 (NIV)
“Lord, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.”
- Isaiah 65:1 (NIV)
“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.'”
- Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV)
“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
- Romans 11:25-26 (NIV)
“I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: ‘The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.'”
- Psalm 128:5 (NIV)
“May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.”
- Psalm 51:18 (NIV)
“May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.”
- Zechariah 12:10 (NIV)
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.”
- Psalm 137:5-6 (NIV)
“If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.”
- Isaiah 66:10 (NIV)
“Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.”
- Joel 3:20 (NIV)
“Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations.”
- Psalm 51:18 (NIV)
“In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.”
- Isaiah 56:7 (NIV)
“these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
- Zechariah 2:12 (NIV)
“The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.”
- Micah 4:2 (NIV)
“Many nations will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’ The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
- Psalm 122:7 (NIV)
“May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.”
- Isaiah 60:18 (NIV)
“No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.”
- Psalm 147:12-14 (NIV)
“Extol the Lord, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion. He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you. He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.”
- Isaiah 33:20 (NIV)
“Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.”
- Isaiah 1:26 (NIV)
“I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
- Isaiah 66:14 (NIV)
“When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.”
- Micah 5:4 (NIV)
“He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth.”
- Zechariah 8:7-8 (NIV)
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.'”
- Psalm 102:16 (NIV)
“For the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.”
- Isaiah 52:8 (NIV)
“Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.”
- Psalm 51:18 (NIV)
“In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.”
- Isaiah 62:1 (NIV)
“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.”
- Zechariah 1:17 (NIV)
“Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'”