Psalm 132:12
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12 If your sons keep my covenant
and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, forevermore,
shall sit on your throne.”(A)
Acts 2:30
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30 Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne.(A)
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Luke 1:32-33
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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) 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”(B)
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Isaiah 59:21
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21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth or out of the mouths of your children or out of the mouths of your children’s children, says the Lord, from now on and forever.(A)
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Isaiah 9:7
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7 Great will be his authority,[a]
and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(A)
Footnotes
- 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 115:14
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14 May the Lord give you increase,
both you and your children.(A)
Psalm 102:28
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28 The children of your servants shall live secure;
their offspring shall be established in your presence.(A)
Psalm 89:30-35
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30 If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,(A)
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,(B)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.(C)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.(D)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(E)
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