Psalms 102:18

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Psalms 102:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

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Psalms 71:18

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Psalms 78:4

We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.

Psalms 78:5

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,

Psalms 78:6

that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children

Exodus 17:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

Deuteronomy 31:19

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

Deuteronomy 31:21

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

Deuteronomy 31:22

So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 31:23

Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

Deuteronomy 31:24

When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

Deuteronomy 31:25

he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 31:29

For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

Deuteronomy 31:30

Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

Job 19:23

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

Job 19:24

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

Romans 15:4

For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

1 Corinthians 10:11

Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:15

And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.

Psalms 22:30

Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

Psalms 22:31

They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

Psalms 45:16

Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

Psalms 45:17

I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

Isaiah 43:7

everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

Isaiah 43:21

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

Isaiah 65:17

For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Isaiah 65:18

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

Isaiah 65:19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.