1 Kings 8:26

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1 Kings 8:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

25 Therefore 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.’

26 And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

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1 Kings 8:23

and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

1 Samuel 1:17

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

Psalms 41:13

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Isaiah 41:17

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 45:3

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

2 Samuel 7:25

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

2 Samuel 7:26

so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.

2 Samuel 7:27

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

2 Samuel 7:28

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

2 Samuel 7:29

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.”

2 Chronicles 1:9

Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

Psalms 119:49

Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

Jeremiah 11:5

This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

Ezekiel 36:36

Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

Ezekiel 36:37

This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.