2 Samuel 23:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 Is not my house firm before God?
He has made an eternal covenant with me,
set forth in detail and secured.(A)
Will he not bring to fruition
all my salvation and my every desire?
2 Samuel 23:5
King James Version
5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 13:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 but now your kingship shall not endure. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart[a] to appoint as ruler over his people because you did not observe what the Lord commanded you.”(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 13:14 After his own heart: i.e., of his choosing, for his purpose. While the verse undoubtedly refers to David, it concerns the Lord’s decision to continue the kingship, even though he has rejected Saul, by selecting the heir to Saul’s throne.
1 Samuel 13:14
King James Version
14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 15:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you rejected the word of the Lord and the Lord has rejected you as king of Israel.”(A)
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 15:26
King James Version
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 15:28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
28 So Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.(A)
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 15:28
King James Version
28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
Read full chapter
2 Kings 19:34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
34 I will shield and save this city
for my own sake and the sake of David my servant.”(A)
2 Kings 19:34
King James Version
34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Read full chapter
1 Chronicles 17:11-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 when your days have been completed and you must join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you who will be one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.(A) 12 He it is who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.(B) 13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me, and I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from the one who was before you;(C) 14 but I will maintain him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be firmly established forever.
Read full chapter
1 Chronicles 17:11-14
King James Version
11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13 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:
14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
Read full chapter
Psalm 89:33-34
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
33 I will punish their crime with a rod
and their guilt with blows.
34 But I will not take my mercy from him,
nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 89:33-34
King James Version
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Read full chapterScripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.