1 Kings 8:23

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He prayed:“O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

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  • Deut 7:9 : 9 So realize that the LORD your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
  • 2 Sam 7:22 : 22 Therefore you are great, O Sovereign LORD, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true!
  • Neh 1:5 : 5 Then I said,“Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant with those who love him and obey his commandments,
  • Dan 9:4 : 4 I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:“O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,
  • Neh 9:32 : 32 “So now, our God– the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity– do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us– our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people– from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Luke 1:72 : 72 He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant–
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”
  • Exod 3:15 : 15 God also said to Moses,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘The LORD– the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob– has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.
  • 1 Kgs 6:12 : 12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Ps 35:10 : 10 With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”
  • Ps 86:8 : 8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
  • Ps 89:3-8 : 3 The LORD said,“I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant: 4 ‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.’”(Selah) 5 O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. 6 For who in the skies can compare to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings, 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? 8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Who is strong like you, O LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
  • Ps 113:5 : 5 Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?
  • Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
  • Isa 40:25 : 25 “To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.
  • Jer 10:6 : 6 I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love? 19 Who will once again have mercy on us? Who will conquer our evil deeds? Who will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea? 20 You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.

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