Hebrews 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

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  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour. 7 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land. 6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
  • John 10:30 : 30 I and my Father are one.
  • John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas said in answer, My Lord and my God!
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
  • Titus 2:13-14 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen.
  • 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For his rule will go on till he has put all those who are against him under his feet.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
  • Deut 2:37 : 37 But you did not go near the land of the children of Ammon, that is, all the side of the river Jabbok or the towns of the hill-country, wherever the Lord our God had said we were not to go.
  • Deut 7:14 : 14 You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.
  • Ps 72:1-4 : 1 <Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor. 3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness. 4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
  • Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.
  • Ps 72:11-14 : 11 Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations be his servants. 12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need. 14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
  • Ps 145:13 : 13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions. 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
  • Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other. 22 Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.
  • Isa 45:25 : 25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
  • 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.
  • Jer 38:15 : 15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I give you the answer to your question, will you not certainly put me to death? and if I make a suggestion to you, you will not give it a hearing.
  • John 10:33 : 33 This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Heb 3:3-4 : 3 And it was right for this man to have more honour than Moses, even as the builder of a house has more honour than the house. 4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.
  • 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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  • Ps 45:6-7
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    6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

    7 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

  • Heb 1:9-10
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    9 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

  • Heb 1:2-7
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    2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

    3 Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

    4 Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.

    5 To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

    6 And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.

    7 And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire:

  • Heb 1:13
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    13 But of which of the angels has he said at any time, Take your seat at my right hand till I put all those who are against you under your feet?

  • Ps 2:6-8
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    6 But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

    7 I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

    8 Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

  • Ps 110:1-2
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    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

    2 The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters.

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    2 The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal.

  • Ps 89:36
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    36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

  • Acts 2:34
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    34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,

  • Ps 89:27
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    27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

  • Ps 72:1
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    1 <Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

  • Ps 110:4-5
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    4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

    5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.

  • Ps 89:29
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    29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

  • Matt 22:44
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    44 The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put under your feet all those who are against you?

  • Ps 89:4
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    4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

  • Ps 132:11-12
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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.

    12 If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

  • Heb 5:5-6
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    5 In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

    6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • 2 Sam 7:13-14
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    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;

  • Ps 8:5-6
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    5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

    6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

  • Ps 145:13
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    13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.

  • Luke 1:32-33
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    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

    33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

  • Heb 2:7-8
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    7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:

    8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

  • Luke 20:42
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    42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,

  • 1 Chr 17:12-14
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    12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

    13 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

    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.

  • Mark 12:36
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    36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

  • Ps 82:6
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    6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

  • Ps 103:19
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    19 The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.

  • Heb 7:17
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    17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Ps 9:7
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    7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

  • Heb 7:3
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    3 Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

  • Acts 13:33
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    33 Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.