Psalm 132:12

New International Reader's Version

If your sons keep my covenant and the laws I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:4

The Lord will keep the promise he made to me. He said, ‘Your sons must be careful about how they live. They must be faithful to me with all their heart and soul. Then you will always have a son from your family line to sit on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 8:25

“Lord, you are the God of Israel. Keep the promises you made to my father David. Do it for him. He was your servant. Here is what you said to him. ‘A son from your family line will sit before me on the throne of Israel. This will always be true if your children after you are careful in everything they do. They must live in my sight faithfully the way you have lived.’

2 Chronicles 7:18

Then I will set up your royal throne. I made a covenant with your father David to do that. I said to him, ‘You will always have a son from your family line to rule over Israel.’

Psalm 102:28

Our children will live with you. Their sons and daughters will be safe in your care.”

Psalm 115:14

May the Lord give you many children. May he give them to you and to your children after you.

Isaiah 59:21

“Here is the covenant I will make with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit is on you and will not leave you. I have put my words in your mouth. They will never leave your mouth. And they will never leave the mouths of your children or their children after them. That will be true for all time to come,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 9:7

There will be no limit to how great his authority is. The peace he brings will never end. He will rule on David’s throne and over his kingdom. He will make the kingdom strong and secure. His rule will be based on what is fair and right. It will last forever. The Lord’s great love will make sure that happens. He rules over all.

Jeremiah 33:17

The Lord says, “David will always have a son to sit on the throne of Israel.

Acts 2:30

But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.