Psalms 89:34

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I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
  • Jer 33:20 : 20 “I, the LORD, make the following promise:‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness“Since, I, the LORD, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
  • Jer 14:21 : 21 For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!
  • Lev 26:44 : 44 In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 89:27-33
    7 verses
    87%

    27I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

    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,

    31if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,

    32I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.

    33But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

  • Ps 89:35-37
    3 verses
    85%

    35Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.

    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 89:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.

    2For I say,“Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”

    3The 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)

  • Isa 59:21
    76%

    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 33:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20“I, the LORD, make the following promise:‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant

    21could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me.

  • Ps 132:11
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 54:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9“As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

    10Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the LORD, the one who has compassion on you.

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

  • 2 Sam 7:15
    72%

    15But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

  • Ps 110:4
    72%

    4The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

  • 2 Chr 7:18
    71%

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

  • Jer 33:25
    71%

    25But I, the LORD, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.

  • Ps 89:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories.

    25I will place his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

  • Num 30:2
    71%

    2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

  • Ps 89:21
    71%

    21My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him.

  • 1 Chr 17:13
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 32:40
    71%

    40I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.

  • Ezek 16:60
    71%

    60Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you.

  • 1 Kgs 11:12
    71%

    12However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

  • Ps 119:106
    70%

    106I have vowed and solemnly sworn to keep your just regulations.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    70%

    34I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.

  • Heb 8:9
    70%

    9“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

  • Ps 89:39
    70%

    39You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

  • Isa 48:9
    70%

    9For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

  • Isa 45:23
    70%

    23I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;

  • 2 Sam 23:5
    70%

    5My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.

  • Ps 105:8
    70%

    8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–

  • Ezek 17:18
    69%

    18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note– he gave his promise and did all these things– he will not escape!

  • Deut 29:14
    69%

    14It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,

  • Ezek 17:14
    69%

    14so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

  • Lam 3:31
    69%

    31כ(Kaf) For the Lord will not reject us forever.

  • Ps 119:89
    69%

    89ל(Lamed) O LORD, your instructions endure; they stand secure in heaven.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    69%

    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.’

  • Jer 31:32
    69%

    32It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” says the LORD.

  • Lev 26:44
    69%

    44In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God.

  • 1 Kgs 11:39
    69%

    39I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”