1 Chronicles 17:13
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13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you,(A)
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Hebrews 1:5
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The Son Is Superior to Angels
5 For to which of the angels did God[a] ever say,
“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son”?(A)
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- 1.5 Greek he
Isaiah 55:3
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3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.(A)
Psalm 2:12
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12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.(A)
Psalm 2:7
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7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.(A)
1 Chronicles 17:12
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12 He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
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1 Chronicles 10:14
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14 and did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord[a] put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.(A)
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- 10.14 Heb he
1 Samuel 15:28
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28 And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this very day and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.(A)
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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18 and I will be your father,
and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”(A)
John 3:35
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35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands.(A)
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Luke 9:35
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35 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen;[a] listen to him!”(A)
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Luke 1:32
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32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.(A)
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Psalm 89:26-37
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26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’(A)
27 I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.(B)
28 Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.(C)
29 I will establish his line forever
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.(D)
30 If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,(E)
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges,(F)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.(G)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.(H)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(I)
36 His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.(J)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah
1 Kings 11:36
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36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.(A)
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1 Kings 11:12-13
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12 Yet for the sake of your father David I will not do it in your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”(A)
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2 Samuel 7:14-16
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14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him with a rod such as mortals use, with blows inflicted by human beings.(A) 15 But I will not take[a] my steadfast love from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.(B) 16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me;[b] your throne shall be established forever.”(C)
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