For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject the king you have anointed.
The LORD swore an oath to David
with a promise he will never take back:
"I will place one of your descendants
on your throne.
If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant
and the laws that I teach them,
then your royal line
will continue forever and ever."
"If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant and the laws that I teach them, then your royal line will continue forever and ever."
1 Chronicles 17:14-15
" 'I will confirm him as king over my house and my kingdom
for all time, and his throne will be secure forever.' "
So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the LORD had said in this vision. (see all 1 Chronicles 17)
1 Kings 2:1-4
As the time of King David's death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon:
"I am going where everyone on earth must someday go. Take courage and be a man. Observe the requirements of the LORD your God, and follow all his ways. Keep the decrees, commands, regulations, and laws written in the Law of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go. 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.' "
(see 1 Kings 2:1-12)
2 Chronicles 6:16-17
"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.' Now, O LORD, God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David." (see all 2 Chronicles 6)
Psalm 25:10
The LORD leads with unfailing love and faithfulness
all who keep his covenant and obey his commands. (see all Psalm 25)
Acts 2:29-31
"Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn't referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us. But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David's own descendants would sit on his throne. David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah's resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave." (see all Acts 2)
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