2 Samuel 7:12-21

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¹²When your days are over and you rest^(A) with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood,^(B) and I will establish his kingdom.^(C) ¹³He is the one who will build a house^(D) for my Name,^(E) and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.^(F) ¹⁴I will be his father, and he will be my son.^(G) When he does wrong, I will punish him^(H) with a rod^(I) wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. ¹⁵But my love will never be taken away from him,^(J) as I took it away from Saul,^(K) whom I removed from before you. ¹⁶Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me^[a]; your throne^(L) will be established^(M) forever.^(N)’”

¹⁷Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

David’s Prayer^(O)

¹⁸Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:

“Who am I,^(P) Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? ¹⁹And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree,^(Q) Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human!^[b]

²⁰“What more can David say^(R) to you? For you know^(S) your servant,^(T) Sovereign Lord. ²¹For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you
2 Samuel 7:19 Or for the human race

Matthew 6:33-34

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³³But seek first his kingdom^(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.^(B) ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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James 4:13-5:6

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Boasting About Tomorrow

¹³Now listen,^(A) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”^(B) ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.^(C) ¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,^(D) we will live and do this or that.” ¹⁶As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.^(E) ¹⁷If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.^(F)

Warning to Rich Oppressors

5 Now listen,^(G) you rich people,^(H) weep and wail^(I) because of the misery that is coming on you. ²Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.^(J) ³Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.^(K) ⁴Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers^(L) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries^(M) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.^(N) ⁵You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves^(O) in the day of slaughter.^[a]^(P) ⁶You have condemned and murdered^(Q) the innocent one,^(R) who was not opposing you.