2 Samuel 7:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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!

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 32:12 : 12 And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
  • Ps 119:49 : 49 <ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.
  • Jer 11:4-5 : 4 To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God: 5 So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
  • Ezek 36:37 : 37 This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 17:23-27
    5 verses
    93%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:26-29
    4 verses
    87%

    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!

  • 2 Chr 6:15-17
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-26
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:16-17
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    82%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 7:19-21
    3 verses
    82%

    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!

    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.

  • 1 Chr 28:7
    79%

    7 I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

  • 2 Sam 7:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 17:10-12
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    79%

    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.

    11 And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

    12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

  • 1 Chr 22:10-11
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    79%

    10 He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Chr 17:17-19
    3 verses
    78%

    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 Chr 6:4
    77%

    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 17:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14 But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
    77%

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

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    77%

    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;

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    77%

    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 Kgs 2:4
    76%

    4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16 For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

    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:

    18 Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    76%

    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 Sam 7:24
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    24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

  • 2 Chr 1:9
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    9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
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    5 Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
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    13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

  • Ps 132:11
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    11 The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.