Zechariah 9:17

The chapter ends praising God's great goodness and beauty, with grain and new wine making the young flourish. God's saving blessing brings joy, abundance, and flourishing life.

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• 1 Jn 4:8–11He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
• Isa 33:17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
• Isa 62:8–9The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
• Ps 90:17And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
• Titus 3:4–7But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
• Song 5:10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
• Ps 31:19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
• Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
• Ps 36:7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
• Rev 5:12–14Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
• Song 7:9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
• Ps 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
• Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
• 2 Cor 4:4–6In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• Eph 1:7–8In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
• Eph 2:4–5But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Eph 3:18–19May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
• John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• Eph 5:18–19And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
• Rom 5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
• Rom 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• Amos 8:11–14Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
• Isa 65:13–14Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
• Amos 9:13–14Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
• Joel 2:26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
• Jer 31:12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
• Isa 63:7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
• Ps 86:15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
• Isa 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
• Hos 2:21–22And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
• Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
• Ps 145:7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
• Ps 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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