2 Samuel 7:11
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11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel, and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.(A)
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2 Samuel 7:27
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27 For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house’; therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.(A)
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2 Samuel 7:1
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God’s Covenant with David
7 Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,(A)
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Judges 2:14-16
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14 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers who plundered them, and he sold them into the power of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.(A) 15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them to bring misfortune, as the Lord had warned them and sworn to them, and they were in great distress.
16 Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the power of those who plundered them.(B)
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Psalm 89:3-4
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3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to my servant David:(A)
4 ‘I will establish your descendants forever
and build your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah(B)
1 Chronicles 17:10
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10 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel, and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.(A)
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1 Samuel 12:9-11
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9 But they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of King Jabin of[a] Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.(A) 10 Then they cried to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Astartes, but now rescue us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’(B) 11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak,[b] and Jephthah, and Samson[c] and rescued you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.(C)
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1 Kings 11:38
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38 If you will listen to all that I command you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you an enduring house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.(A)
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Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127
God’s Blessings in the Home
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain.(A)
Psalm 46:9
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9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.(A)
Job 34:29
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29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
When he hides his face, who can behold him?
Whether nation or person, it is the same—(A)
Job 5:18-19
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18 For he wounds, but he binds up;
he strikes, but his hands heal.(A)
19 He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no harm shall touch you.(B)
1 Chronicles 22:10
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10 He shall build a house for my name. He shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’(A)
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1 Kings 2:24
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24 Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of my father David and who has made me a house as he promised, today Adonijah shall be put to death.”(A)
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1 Samuel 25:28
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28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant, for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.(A)
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Exodus 1:21
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21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.(A)
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Proverbs 14:1
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14 The wise woman[a] builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Footnotes
- 14.1 Heb Wisdom of women
Psalm 106:42
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42 Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were brought into subjection under their power.
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