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1Ki 8:25 — Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

keep with thy		1Ki 2:4; 2Sa 7:27-29; 1Ch 17:23-27; Luk 1:68-72
There shall not, etc.		Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight. Jer 33:17-26
so that		Heb. only if
thy children		1Ki 2:4; 1Ki 9:4-6; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 6:16,17

Correlating Passages

keep with thy

	1Ki 2:4	That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
	2Sa 7:27	For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
	2Sa 7:28	And now, O Lord GOD, thou [art] that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
	2Sa 7:29	Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken [it]: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
	1Ch 17:23	Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
	1Ch 17:24	Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.
	1Ch 17:25	For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.
	1Ch 17:26	And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
	1Ch 17:27	Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and [it shall be] blessed for ever.
	Luk 1:68	Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
	Luk 1:69	And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
	Luk 1:70	As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
	Luk 1:71	That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
	Luk 1:72	To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

There shall not, etc.

	Jer 33:17	For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
	Jer 33:18	Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
	Jer 33:19	And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
	Jer 33:20	Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
	Jer 33:21	[Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
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thy children

	1Ki 2:4	That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
	1Ki 9:4	And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, [and] wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
	1Ki 9:5	Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
	1Ki 9:6	[But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
	1Ch 28:9	And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
	2Ch 6:16	Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
	2Ch 6:17	Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

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