Jeremiah 33:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,”
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“For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For thus saith the Lord; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;”
King James Version · Public Domain“For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For thus said Jehovah: `Not cut off to David is one sitting on the throne of the house of Israel,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 33:17 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:29May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
- 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 1 Kings 2:4and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 8:25Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
- 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 17:27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
- Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
- Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
- Psalms 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
- Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Jeremiah 35:19this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
- Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
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