Restoration

Across the canon

In the King James text (87 verses)

Every verse where Scripture speaks of restoration, gathered by word. Quoted below: a spread across the whole canon, Old Testament and New — never more than two from any one book. The complete list is one click beneath them.

1. Genesis 20:7

   Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 20:71 voice

   “He is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee - The word prophet, which we have from the Greek προφητες, and which is compounded of προ, before, and φημι, I speak, means, in its general acceptation, one who speaks of things before they happen, i.e., one who foretells future events. But that this was not the original notion of the word, its use in this place sufficiently proves. Abraham certainly was not a prophet in the present general acceptation of the term, and for the Hebrew נביא nabi, we must seek some other meaning.

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2. Deuteronomy 22:2

   And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

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3. 1 Samuel 7:14

   And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 7:142 voices

   “Peace - An agreement for the cessation of all acts of hostility. Amorites - That is, the Canaanites, often called Amorites, because these were formerly the most valiant of all those nations, and the first Enemies which the Israelites met with, when they went to take possession of their land.

   “The cities which the Philistines had taken - We are not informed of the particulars of these reprisals, but we may rest assured all this was not done in one day: perhaps the retaking of the cities was by slow degrees, through the space of several years. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites - That is, all the remaining Canaanites kept quiet, and did not attempt to molest the Israelites, when they found the Philistines, the most powerful of the ancient inhabitants of the land, broken and subdued before them.

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4. 2 Chronicles 8:2

   That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 8:22 voices

   “That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,.... Which Solomon first gave to him, but he not liking them, returned them to him, 1Ki 9:12, Solomon built them; or rebuilt them, being very much out of repair, which might be one reason of Huram's not accepting them: and caused the children of Israel to dwell there; they being inhabited by others, the remains of the Canaanitcs perhaps; see 2Ch 8:7.

   “The cities which Huram had restored to Solomon - These cities had not been mentioned previously by the writer of Chronicles, who, however, seems to assume that the fact of their having been given by Hiram to Solomon is known to his readers. See 1Ki 9:11-13.

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5. Psalms 23:3

   He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

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6. Jeremiah 27:22

   They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 27:221 voice

   “They shall be carried to Babylon - Far from those already taken being brought back, those which now remain shall be carried thither, unless ye submit to the Chaldeans. They did not submit, and the prophecy was literally fulfilled; see Jer 52:17-23; 2Ki 25:13, 2Ch 36:18.

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7. Joel 2:25

   And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

   ›Commentary on Joel 2:251 voice

   “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten - The order in which these destroyers are named not being the same as before, it is plain that the stress is not on the order, but on the successiveness of the inroads, scourge after scourge.

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8. Matthew 12:13

   Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 12:132 voices

   “In the Gospel which the Nazarenes and Ebionites use, (vid. note, p. 433.) and which we have lately translated into Greek out of the Hebrew, and which many regard as the genuine Matthew, this man who has the withered hand is described as a builder, and he makes his prayer in these words, 'I was a builder, and gained my living by the labour of my hands; I pray thee, Jesus, to restore me to health, that I may not disgracefully beg my bread.'

   “Stretch forth thine hand - The bare command of God is a sufficient reason of obedience. This man might have reasoned thus: “Lord, my hand is withered; how then can I stretch it out? Make it whole first, and afterwards I will do as thou commandest.” This may appear reasonable, but in his case it would have been foolishness. At the command of the Lord he made the effort, and in making it the cure was effected! Faith disregards apparent impossibilities, where there is a command and promise of God.

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9. Acts 1:6

   When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

   ›Commentary on Acts 1:62 voices

   “When they therefore were come together,.... That is, Christ, and his eleven apostles; for not the hundred and twenty disciples hereafter mentioned, nor the five hundred brethren Christ appeared to at once, are here intended, but the apostles, as appears from Act 1:2. they asked of him, saying, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? The kingdom had been for some time taken away from the Jews, Judea was reduced to a Roman province, and was now actually under the power of a Roman governor.

   “When they therefore were come together - It is very likely that this is to be understood of their assembling on one of the mountains of Galilee, and there meeting our Lord. At this time restore again the kingdom - That the disciples, in common with the Jews, expected the Messiah’s kingdom to be at least in part secular, I have often had occasion to note. In this opinion they continued less or more till the day of pentecost; when the mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit taught them the spiritual nature of the kingdom of Christ.

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10. 2 Corinthians 4:16

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

    ›Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:161 voice

    “For which cause we faint not - Ουκ εκκα κουμεν. See on 2Co 4:1 (note). Here we have the same various reading; εγκακουμεν, we do no wickedness; and it is supported by BDEFG, and some others: but it is remarkable that Mr. Wakefield follows the common reading here, though the various-reading is at least as well supported in this verse as in verse first. The common reading, faint not, appears to agree best with the apostle’s meaning.

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11. Colossians 3:10

    And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

    ›Commentary on Colossians 3:101 voice

    “And have put on the new man - See on Rom 12:1-2 (note). Is renewed in knowledge - Ignorance was the grand characteristic of the heathen state; Knowledge, of the Christian. The utmost to which heathenism could pretend was a certain knowledge of nature. How far this went, and how much it fell short of the truth, may be seen in the writings of Aristotle and Pliny. Christianity reveals God himself, the author of nature; or, rather, God has revealed himself, in the Christian system with which he has blessed mankind.

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12. Hebrews 6:6

    If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

    ›Commentary on Hebrews 6:62 voices

    “Could Paul teach in opposition to his own act? He had at Corinth forgiven sin through penance; how could he himself speak against his own decision? Since, then, he could not destroy what he had built, we must assume that what he says was different from, but not contrary to, what had gone before. For what is contrary is opposed to itself; what is different has ordinarily another meaning. Things that are contrary are not such that one can support the other.

    “Therefore the apostate withal will recover his former "garment," the robe of the Holy Spirit; and a renewal of the "ring," the sign and seal of baptism; and Christ will again be "slaughtered; " and he will recline on that couch from which such as are unworthily clad are wont to be lifted by the torturers, and cast away into darkness, -much more such as have been stripped.

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Words searched, at word start, across the King James text: restor… · restitution… · renew…

Lives that met it (8)

Curated character profiles whose own account speaks of restoration.

• PeterRock, Chief Apostle · New TestamentPeter was a fisherman who became the leading apostle, bold, impulsive, and devoted to Jesus. He denied Christ, was restored, and became a pillar of the church.
• SamsonStrongest Man · JudgesSamson was a Nazirite with supernatural strength who fought the Philistines. His life of moral compromise ended in sacrificial death as he destroyed more enemies in dying than in living.
• Manasseh14th King of Judah · Divided KingdomThe longest-reigning king of Judah, fifty-five years, and the most wicked, who practiced child sacrifice and sorcery and built altars to Baal throughout Jerusalem. Assyria took him captive, he repented, and God restored him, and he removed the idols.
• Jehoiachin19th King of Judah · Divided KingdomReigned only three months before surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar and being exiled to Babylon for 37 years. He was eventually released and given a place of honor at the Babylonian king's table, and he appears in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
• Jeroboam II13th King of Israel · Divided KingdomThe thirteenth king of Israel with the longest reign of any northern king (41 years), who restored Israel's borders to their greatest extent since Solomon. Amos and Hosea prophesied during his prosperous but spiritually hollow reign.
• NebuchadnezzarKing of Babylon · ExileThe greatest king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire who conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, and took Israel into exile. He encountered Daniel and the three Hebrew men, was struck with madness for seven years for his pride, and ultimately praised the God of Israel.
• Darius the GreatKing of Persia · Return from ExileThe Persian king who confirmed Cyrus's decree and allowed the Jerusalem Temple to be completed in his sixth year. He also cast Daniel into the lions' den when pressured by jealous officials, and publicly praised the God of Daniel after Daniel's miraculous deliverance.
• AaronFirst High Priest of Israel · Exodus/WildernessAaron was Moses' older brother and spokesman before Pharaoh, later consecrated as Israel's first high priest. His mediating role at the altar prefigured Christ's priesthood, though his failure at the golden calf shows even God's chosen leaders can fall to pressure.