2 Samuel 7:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

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  • Deut 26:18 : 18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;
  • Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
  • Ps 48:14 : 14 Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • Jer 32:38 : 38 And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
  • John 1:12 : 12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. 26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  • Exod 15:2 : 2 The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.
  • Deut 27:9 : 9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.
  • 2 Sam 7:23 : 23 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
  • 1 Chr 17:22 : 22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

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  • 1 Chr 17:21-24
    4 verses
    91%

    21 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?

    22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:21-23
    3 verses
    78%

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

    22 Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.

    23 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?

  • Deut 7:6
    76%

    6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • Deut 26:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

    18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

    19 And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.

  • 2 Sam 7:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    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;

  • Deut 14:2
    75%

    2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • 2 Chr 20:7
    74%

    7 Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?

  • Deut 29:13
    74%

    13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • 1 Kgs 8:51-53
    3 verses
    74%

    51 For they are your people and your heritage, which you took out of Egypt, out of the iron fireplace;

    52 Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

    53 For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • Jer 30:22
    73%

    22 And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Deut 28:9
    73%

    9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

  • Deut 27:9
    72%

    9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

  • 1 Chr 17:26
    72%

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

  • Ps 33:12
    71%

    12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    71%

    17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Ps 135:4
    71%

    4 For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

  • Jer 31:1
    71%

    1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
    71%

    2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    71%

    16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.

  • Gen 17:7
    71%

    7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

  • Ps 77:14
    71%

    14 You are the God who does works of power: you have made your strength clear to the nations.

  • Ps 50:7
    70%

    7 Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be a witness against you; I am God, even your God.

  • Deut 4:20
    70%

    20 But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

  • Ps 105:10
    70%

    10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • 2 Sam 7:19
    70%

    19 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!

  • Ps 10:16
    70%

    16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    70%

    10 So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.

  • Ezek 37:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27 And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.

    28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.

  • Deut 10:15
    70%

    15 But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

  • 2 Chr 6:15
    70%

    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.

  • Jer 7:7
    70%

    7 Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    70%

    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;

  • Deut 4:7
    70%

    7 For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?

  • 2 Sam 7:10
    69%

    10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

  • Jer 32:38
    69%

    38 And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

  • 2 Chr 6:17
    69%

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