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Psalms 132:12

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.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אִֽם־'im-ifH518 →
יִשְׁמְר֬וּyish.me.Ruthey will keepH8104 →
בָנֶ֨יךָ׀va.Nei.khasons yourH1121 →
בְּרִיתִי֮be.ri.Ticovenant myH1285 →
וְעֵדֹתִ֥יve.'e.do.Tiand testimonies myH5713 →
ז֗וֹzowhichH2097 →
אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם'a.La.me.DemI will teach themH3925 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֥םbe.nei.Hemsons theirH1121 →
עֲדֵי־'a.dei-untilH5703 →
עַ֑ד'AdperpetuityH5703 →
יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּye.she.Vuthey will sitH3427 →
לְכִסֵּא־le.khi.se'-to throneH3678 →
לָֽךְ׃Lakhof you

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Psalms 103:18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.1 Kings 3:14So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” SelahActs 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.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 1:32–33He 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,Psalms 89:30–35If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,2 Chronicles 6:16Therefore 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 in My law as you have walked before Me.’1 Kings 6:12“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.2 Chronicles 17:5So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,Psalms 115:14May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”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.Deuteronomy 17:20Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.1 Kings 2:33Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”Psalms 119:88Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.1 Kings 2:12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

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