2 Samuel 23:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Although my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to grow.

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  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • 2 Sam 7:14-16 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
  • Isa 11:1 : 1 ¶ And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant [be] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
  • Ezek 37:26 : 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
  • Amos 9:11 : 11 ¶ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
  • Acts 13:34 : 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, [now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
  • Heb 6:19 : 19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • 1 Sam 2:35 : 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
  • 1 Sam 25:28 : 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days.
  • 2 Sam 7:18 : 18 ¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who [am] I, O Lord GOD? and what [is] my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • 2 Sam 12:10 : 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
  • 2 Sam 13:14 : 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
  • 2 Sam 18:14 : 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 ¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
  • 1 Kgs 2:24-25 : 24 Now therefore, [as] the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
  • 1 Kgs 11:6-8 : 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do [that is] right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
  • 1 Kgs 12:14 : 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father [also] chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
  • 1 Chr 17:11-14 : 11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 62:2 : 2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 63:1-3 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3 ¶ Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
  • Ps 73:25-26 : 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
  • Ps 89:3 : 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
  • Ps 89:28-29 : 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
  • Ps 119:81 : 81 ¶ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 ¶ In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

  • 16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

  • 25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant [be] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

  • 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

  • 28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • 4 And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

  • 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish [it] for ever, and do as thou hast said.

  • 14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.

  • Ps 89:33-35
    3 verses
    70%

    33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

    34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

    35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

  • 1 ¶ A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.

  • 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.

  • 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

  • Job 13:15-16
    2 verses
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    15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

    16 He also [shall be] my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

  • 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

  • 4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

  • 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

  • 13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

  • 21 [Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

  • 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

  • 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

  • 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.

  • 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  • 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

  • 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

  • 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

  • 17 And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

  • 15 But [also] thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

  • 33 God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.

  • 5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;

  • 5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.

  • 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

  • 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.

  • 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great.

  • 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  • 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

  • 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thine hand, as [it is] this day.

  • 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

  • 18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.

  • 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  • 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

  • 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

  • 23 And [as touching] the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD [be] between thee and me for ever.

  • 23 And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.