2 Samuel 7:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

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  • 1 Chr 17:17 : 17 And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.
  • 2 Sam 7:11-16 : 11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings. 12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong. 13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. 14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; 15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
  • 2 Sam 12:8 : 8 I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
  • Num 16:9 : 9 Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for them;
  • Num 16:13 : 13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 3:19-20 : 19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete. 20 Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 17:15-19
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    93%

    15 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

    16 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

    17 And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

    18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

    19 O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

  • 2 Sam 7:20-21
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    85%

    20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

    21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

  • 2 Sam 7:16-18
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    16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

    17 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

    18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

  • 2 Sam 7:25-29
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    25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

    26 And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!

    27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

    28 And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;

    29 So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!

  • 1 Chr 17:23-27
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    79%

    23 And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.

    24 So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.

    25 For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

    26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

    27 And now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.

  • 1 Chr 17:6-7
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    76%

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

    7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 2 Sam 7:5
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    5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

  • 2 Chr 6:15-19
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    76%

    15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    16 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

    17 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

    18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

    19 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

  • 2 Chr 7:17
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    17 And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-27
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    75%

    24 And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

    25 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

    26 So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

    27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

  • 2 Sam 7:7-9
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    75%

    7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

    8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

    9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
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    74%

    7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

  • 1 Kgs 1:27
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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

  • 1 Kgs 8:18
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    18 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

  • 2 Sam 12:7-8
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    7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

    8 I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.

  • 2 Sam 7:11
    73%

    11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
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    4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
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    38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    72%

    10 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

  • Job 7:17
    72%

    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • 1 Kgs 3:7
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    7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
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    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Chr 22:7
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    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.