Psalms 132:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:30-35 : 30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, 31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise. 34 I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised. 35 Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”
  • Ps 115:14 : 14 May he increase your numbers, yours and your children’s!
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 “As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD.“My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.
  • Luke 1:32-33 : 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”
  • Acts 2:30 : 30 So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 132:11
    87%

    11The LORD made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said,“I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

  • 1 Chr 28:5-8
    4 verses
    80%

    5From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.

    6He said to me,‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father.

    7I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’

    8So now, in the sight of all Israel, the LORD’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: Carefully observe all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    80%

    4and 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.’

  • Ps 89:36-37
    2 verses
    79%

    36His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

    37it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies.”(Selah)

  • Ps 89:28-30
    3 verses
    79%

    28I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.

    29I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.

    30If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

  • 2 Chr 6:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

    16Now, O LORD God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’

  • 1 Chr 17:11-14
    4 verses
    78%

    11When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

    12He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

    13I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.

    14I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’”

  • Ps 89:4
    78%

    4‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.’”(Selah)

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    78%

    5Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    78%

    16Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

    25Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’

  • Ps 102:28
    78%

    28The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”

  • 2 Sam 7:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

    13He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

    14I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

  • 2 Chr 7:18
    77%

    18Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.’

  • Ezek 37:25
    77%

    25They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it– they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

  • Ps 45:16
    77%

    16Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    76%

    10He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’

  • Ps 128:6
    75%

    6and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    74%

    38You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    73%

    45But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the LORD.

  • Ps 145:13
    73%

    13Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.

  • 1 Kgs 1:30
    73%

    30I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel:‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”

  • Isa 59:21
    73%

    21“As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD.“My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 33:17
    73%

    17For I, the LORD, promise:“David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel.

  • Isa 54:13
    72%

    13All your children will be followers of the LORD, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

  • Ps 132:13
    72%

    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    72%

    5Don’t you realize that the LORD God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal covenant?

  • Ps 122:5
    72%

    5Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

  • 2 Kgs 15:12
    72%

    12His assassination fulfilled the LORD’s message to Jehu,“Four generations of your descendants will rule on Israel’s throne.” And that is how it happened.

  • Ps 45:6
    72%

    6Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

  • 2 Chr 23:3
    72%

    3and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them,“The king’s son will rule, just as the LORD promised David’s descendants.

  • Jer 22:4
    72%

    4If you are careful to obey these commands, then the kings who follow in David’s succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to come through the gates of this palace, as will their officials and their subjects.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
    72%

    25So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,

  • Ps 78:6
    71%

    6so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    71%

    23So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,

  • 1 Kgs 3:14
    71%

    14If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life.”