2 Samuel 7:16

New Living Translation

Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.’”

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.

2 Samuel 22:51

You give great victories to your king; you show unfailing love to your anointed, to David and all his descendants forever.”

2 Samuel 7:13

He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.

2 Samuel 7:17

So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the Lord had said in this vision.

1 Kings 2:4

If you do this, then the Lord will keep the promise he made to me. He told me, ‘If your descendants live as they should and follow me faithfully with all their heart and soul, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 9:5

then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David: ‘One of your descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

2 Kings 19:34

For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.”

2 Kings 8:19

But the Lord did not want to destroy Judah, for he had promised his servant David that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.

2 Chronicles 6:16

“And now, O Lord, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow my Law as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

Job 36:7

He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.

Psalm 72:5

May they fear you as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains in the sky. Yes, forever!

Psalm 89:4

‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

Isaiah 9:6

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7

His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!

Jeremiah 17:25

then kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates forever. There will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will always ride in and out among the people of Judah in chariots and on horses, and this city will remain forever.

Jeremiah 33:17

For this is what the Lord says: David will have a descendant sitting on the throne of Israel forever.

Ezekiel 37:25

They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.

Daniel 2:44

“During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.

Daniel 7:14

He was given authority, honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of every race and nation and language would obey him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.

Matthew 16:18

Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.

John 12:34

The crowd responded, “We understood from Scripture that the Messiah would live forever. How can you say the Son of Man will die? Just who is this Son of Man, anyway?”

Hebrews 1:8

But to the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: “The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”

1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive me if I have offended you in any way. The Lord will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the Lord’s battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life.