Psalms 37:29
The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
BSB
ASV
The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.
KJV
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
For the Lord loves justice, and will not forsake his saints: they will be preserved forever. But the wicked will be punished, and the seed of the wicked will perish. The righteous will inherit the land, and dwell forever upon it. Do not think that your sins go unnoticed by God; for many fall in this way. He himself sees and condemns all things, and exterminates the seed of the wicked; indeed, the seed is not of physical generation, but of internal mind and succession of impiety (Job 1:1).
Here we have the seventh precept, which takes a negative and positive form, and is the quintessence of the entire Psalm
The righteous shall inherit the land. As heirs with Jesus Christ, the Canaan above, which is the antitype of "the land, " shall be theirs with all covenant blessing. And dwell therein for ever. Tenures differ, but none can match the holding which believers have of heaven. Paradise is theirs for ever by inheritance, and they shall live for ever to enjoy it. Who would not be a saint on such terms? Who would fret concerning the fleeting treasures of the godless?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
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Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
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Psalms 37:9For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
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Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
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For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
