Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
KJV
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.
ASV
שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִ/ךְ
Hebrew
Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.
YLT
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
שָׁל֖וּ
shlv
verb · 5×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
- 2Thess 3:16 — Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
- Eph 4:3 — Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- Eph 6:23 — Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Esth 7:3 — Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
- Esth 10:3 — For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
- Gen 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- Gen 24:12 — And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
- Isa 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
- Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Jer 29:7 — And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
- Jer 51:50 — Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
- Jer 51:50 — Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
- John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Neh 2:10 — When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
- Neh 2:20 — Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
- Neh 13:14 — Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
- Num 24:9 — He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
- Ps 25:22 — Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
- Ps 51:18 — Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Ps 51:18 — Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Ps 128:5 — The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
- Ps 133:1 — Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Ps 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Ps 147:14 — He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.