Psalms 85:10 · KJV
“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed {each other}.”
— Psalms 85:10
Surely his salvation {is} nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Psalms 85 — Context
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
9Surely his salvation {is} nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed {each other}.
11Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12Yea, the LORD shall give {that which is} good; and our land shall yield her increase.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Psalms 89:14
Justice and judgment {are} the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. {habitation: or, establishment}
John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, {but} grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Psalms 100:5
For the LORD {is} good; his mercy {is} everlasting; and his truth {endureth} to all generations. {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}
Isaiah 32:16-18
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Psalms 72:3
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Romans 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, {and} the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.