Psalm 85:8 {84:9}
Good News Translation
I am listening to what the LORD God is saying; he promises peace to us, his own people, if we do not go back to our foolish ways.

New Revised Standard Version
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.

Contemporary English Version
I will listen to you, LORD God, because you promise peace to those who are faithful and no longer foolish.

New American Bible
I will listen for what God, the LORD, has to say; surely he will speak of peace To his people and to his faithful. May they not turn to foolishness!

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.

hear

Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him that reproveth me.

Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

for he

Psalm 29:11 The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.

Isaiah 57:19 I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.

Zechariah 9:10 And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you: my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled: nor let it be afraid.

John 20:19,26 Now when it was late the same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them: Peace be to you. . . .

Acts 10:36 God sent the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all).

2 Corinthians 5:18-20 But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. . . .

Ephesians 2:17 And coming, he preached peace to you that were afar off: and peace to them that were nigh.

2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.

to his

Psalm 50:5 Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.

Ephesians 1:1,2 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus. . . .

but

Psalm 130:4 For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:

John 5:14 Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee.

John 8:11 Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.

Acts 3:26 To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness.

Galatians 4:9 But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements which you desire to serve again?

2 Timothy 2:19 But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.

Hebrews 10:26-29 For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins: . . .

2 Peter 2:20-22 For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former. . . .

Revelation 2:4,5 But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first charity. . . .

Revelation 3:19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

folly

Genesis 34:7 Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

1 Samuel 25:25 Let not my lord the king, I pray thee, regard this naughty man, Nabal: for according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I, thy handmaid, did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.

Proverbs 25:11 To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Proverbs 27:22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

Context
You Showed Favor to Your Land
7Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation. 8I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.9Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land.…
Cross References
2 Peter 2:21
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them.

Leviticus 26:6
I will give peace in your coasts: you shall sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away evil beasts: and the sword shall not pass through your quarters.

Numbers 9:8
And Moses answered them: Stay that I may consult the Lord what he will ordain concerning you.

Psalm 29:11
The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.

Psalm 78:57
And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.

Isaiah 32:17
And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.

Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him that reproveth me.

Haggai 2:9
Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 9:10
And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

Psalm 85:7
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