Quotes About Promise

He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.

Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.

And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?

For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.

For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ëI will build a house for you.í Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”

For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ëIf indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.í”

So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Go at once to King David and say, ëMy lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?í

“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ëSurely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.í

And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

saying, ëBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.í”

and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ëIf 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.í

And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ëOn the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will dieí? And you told me, ëThe sentence is fair; I will comply.í

But King Solomon will be blessed and Davidís throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”