1See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

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Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Hebrews 1:8

2And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

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Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 9:6

3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

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Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 29:18, Acts 26:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Isaiah 35:5

4The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

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Isaiah 29:24, Isaiah 29:24, Luke 21:14, Luke 21:15, Luke 21:14

5The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.

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Isaiah 5:20, Isaiah 5:20, Malachi 3:18, Malachi 3:18, Psalms 15:4

6For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

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Matthew 15:19, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 23:13, Acts 8:21, Acts 8:22

7The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

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Jeremiah 5:26, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 5:26, Jeremiah 5:28, Isaiah 5:23

8But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

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Acts 9:39, 2 Samuel 9:1, 2 Samuel 9:13, Acts 11:29, Acts 11:30

9Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.

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Matthew 13:9, Isaiah 3:16, Isaiah 28:23, Matthew 13:9, Isaiah 3:16

10In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.

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Isaiah 7:23, Jeremiah 8:13, Isaiah 7:23, Jeremiah 8:13, Isaiah 24:7

11Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

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Isaiah 3:24, Isaiah 3:24, James 5:5, Hosea 2:3, Isaiah 2:21

12Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;

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Ezekiel 20:15, Lamentations 4:3, Lamentations 4:4, Lamentations 2:11, Deuteronomy 8:7

13And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.

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Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 7:23, Isaiah 34:13, Hosea 9:6

14For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;

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Isaiah 25:2, Isaiah 24:10, Isaiah 24:12, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 25:2

15Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood.

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Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 29:17, Ezekiel 39:29, Ezekiel 39:29, Isaiah 44:3

16Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

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1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Isaiah 42:4, Psalms 94:14, Psalms 94:15

17And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

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Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:3, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:9, Psalms 119:165

18And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

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Hosea 2:18, Hosea 2:23, Ezekiel 34:25, Ezekiel 34:26, Zechariah 2:5

19But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

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Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 30:30, Isaiah 28:2, Isaiah 26:5

20Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

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Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Isaiah 30:23, Isaiah 30:24, Isaiah 30:23