2 Samuel 7:24

Bible in Basic English 1965

But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

Genesis 17:8

And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

2 Samuel 7:23

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?

2 Samuel 7:25

And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

1 Chronicles 17:22

For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

Psalm 48:14

Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.

Exodus 6:7

And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

Isaiah 12:2

See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

Jeremiah 31:1

At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

Hosea 1:10

But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

Zechariah 13:9

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.

John 1:12

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of Godthat is, to those who had faith in his name:

Deuteronomy 26:18

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

Deuteronomy 27:9

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

1 Peter 2:10

In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.