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1 Chronicles 17:13
1 Chronicles 17:13 is verse 13 of 1 Chronicles chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
King James Version
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
World English Bible
I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you;
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1 Chronicles 17:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 And 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.
12 He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
13 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
14 But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”
15 So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Psalms 89:28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
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 89:31if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
Psalms 89:32I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
Psalms 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
Psalms 89:35Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
Psalms 89:37like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Luke 9:35And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
2 Samuel 7:15But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
1 Kings 11:13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. 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.”
1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
1 Chronicles 17:12He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.
1 Chronicles 10:14and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
1 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.