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Psalms 132:12

Psalms 132:12 is verse 12 of Psalms chapter 132, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

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King James Version

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

World English Bible

If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

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Psalms 132:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

11 The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

12 If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

14 “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

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Hebrew words

אִֽםif יִשְׁמְר֬וּthey will keep בָנֶ֨יךָsons your בְּרִיתִי֮covenant my וְעֵדֹתִ֥יand testimonies my ז֗וֹwhich אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥םI will teach them גַּםalso בְּנֵיהֶ֥םsons their עֲדֵיuntil עַ֑דperpetuity יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּthey will sit לְכִסֵּאto throne לָֽךְof you

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 89:30
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

Psalms 89:31
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

Psalms 89:32
I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 89:33
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.

Psalms 89:34
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

Psalms 89:35
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

Psalms 102:28
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

Psalms 115:14
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.

Isaiah 9:7
Of 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.

Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

Luke 1:32
He 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,

Luke 1:33
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

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