2 Chronicles 6:16

New Century Version

“Now, Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You said, ‘If your sons are careful to obey my teachings as you have obeyed, there will always be someone from your family ruling Israel.’

Cross References

1 Kings 2:4

And if you obey the Lord, he will keep the promise he made to me. He said: ‘If your descendants live as I tell them and have complete faith in me, a man from your family will always be king over the people of Israel.’

1 Kings 6:12

“If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David.

2 Chronicles 13:5

You should know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David and his sons the right to rule Israel forever by an agreement of salt.

2 Chronicles 21:7

But the Lord would not destroy David’s family because of the agreement he had made with David. He had promised that one of David’s descendants would always rule.

2 Chronicles 23:3

All the people together made an agreement with the king in the Temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, “The king’s son will rule, as the Lord promised about David’s descendants.

2 Chronicles 6:17

Now, Lord, God of Israel, please continue to keep that promise you made to your servant.

2 Chronicles 7:17

“But you must serve me as your father David did. You must obey all I have commanded and keep my laws and rules.

2 Chronicles 7:18

If you do, I will make your kingdom strong. This is the agreement I made with your father David, saying, ‘Someone from your family will always rule in Israel.’

Psalm 119:1

Happy are those who live pure lives, who follow the Lord’s teachings.

Psalm 119:9

How can a young person live a pure life? By obeying your word.

Psalm 132:11

The Lord made a promise to David, a sure promise that he will not take back. He promised, “I will make one of your descendants rule as king after you.

Psalm 132:12

If your sons keep my agreement and the rules that I teach them, then their sons after them will rule on your throne forever and ever.”

Psalm 26:3

I see your love, and I live by your truth.

Ezekiel 36:37

“This is what the Lord God says: I will let myself be asked by the people of Israel to do this for them again: I will make their people grow in number like a flock.