67 Bible Verses about Covenant, God's with David

He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

David answered: I danced to honor Jehovah. He chose me to be king instead of your father and his family. He made me the leader of his people Israel. I will continue to dance and honor Jehovah.

Since the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshiped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.'

Now I have chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name. I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.

I made a covenant with my chosen; I swore to David my servant: I will establish your seed forever and build up your throne to all generations.'

when I let judges rule my people. I have kept your enemies from attacking you. Now I promise that you and your descendants will be kings. I will choose one of your sons to be king when you reach the end of your life and are buried in the tomb of your ancestors. I will make him a strong ruler. I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.read more.
I will be his father. He will be my son. When he does wrong I will correct him just as parents correct children. I will never put an end to my agreement with him. I put an end to my agreement with Saul when he was king before you. I will make sure that one of your descendants will be king for a very long time. Your throne will be established from generation to generation.'

That is how God will bless my descendants. He made an eternal covenant with me. It is an agreement that will not be broken, a promise that will not be changed. That is all I desire. That will be my victory, and God will surely bring it about.

But he will bless me, and he will make David's kingdom secure forever.

Do you not know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, made an unbreakable covenant with David, giving him and his descendants kingship over Israel from generation to generation?

He gives great victories to his king. He shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forever.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. I will make his descendants endure forever and his throne like the days of heaven.

I Jehovah promise that there will always be a descendant of David to be king of Israel

Jehovah swore an oath to David: This is a truth he will not take back: I will set one of your own descendants on your throne. If your sons are faithful to my covenant and my written instructions that I will teach them, then their descendants will also sit on your throne forever.

Jehovah, God of Israel, I pray that you will also keep the other promise you made to my father when you told him there would always be one of his descendants ruling as king of Israel, provided they obeyed you as carefully as he did. So now, O God of Israel, let your word come true that you promised to my father David, your servant.

Now then, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep your promise to my father David, your servant. You said: You will never fail to have an heir sitting in front of me on the throne of Israel if your descendants are faithful to me as you have been faithful to me. Therefore, Jehovah, God of Israel, may the promise you made to David, your servant, come true.

As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions; I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain forever. I gave my word to David your father. I said: You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

If you will be faithful to me as your father David was, do everything I command, and obey my laws and rules, I will establish your royal dynasty just as I said in a promise to your father David, when I said: 'You will never fail to have an heir ruling over Israel.'

If you do what I say, then the kings who sit on David's throne will ride through the gates of this palace in chariots and on horses along with their officials and their people.' But if you do not do what I say, I will take an oath on myself,' declares Jehovah, 'this palace will become a pile of rubble.'

But if you turn from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship: I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples. This house will become a mass of broken walls. Everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds. They will say: Why has Jehovah done this to this land and to this house?read more.
The answer will be: 'Because they turned away from Jehovah their God. The one who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt. They took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why Jehovah has sent this evil on them.'

On the other hand, if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commandments and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them, I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world. Everyone passing by this impressive Temple will be appalled. They will ask: Why did Jehovah do these things to this land and to this Temple?read more.
They will answer their own question: 'They abandoned Jehovah the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt. They adopted other gods, worshiped, and served them. That is why he brought this disaster on them.'

So Jehovah said to Solomon: Because you have done this, and have not kept the agreement and laws I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant. I will not do it in your lifetime, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son. Still I will not take the entire kingdom from him. I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward. Since the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all my servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending them. Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear. Instead they stiffened their neck (became stubborn). They did more evil than their fathers.

Jehovah says concerning the house of the king of Judah: 'You are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon. Most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness, like cities that are not inhabited. I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choicest cedars and throw them on the fire. Many nations will pass by this city. They will say to one another: Why has Jehovah done thus to this great city?read more.
They will answer: 'Because they abandoned the covenant of Jehovah their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'

This is what Jehovah says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: 'He will have no one to sit on David's throne, and his own corpse will be thrown out and exposed to the heat of day and the cold of night. 'I will punish him, his descendants, and his attendants for their wickedness. They refused to listen. So I will bring on them, on those who live in Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disasters that I have threatened.''

Jehovah was not willing to destroy the dynasty of David. This is because he made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would always continue to rule.

Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah. He promised his servant David that his descendants would always continue to rule.

I will not take the entire kingdom away from Solomon. I will keep him in power as long as he lives. This I will do for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who obeyed my laws and commands. I will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son and will give you ten tribes. I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe. That way I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

For David's sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising Abijam a son to rule after him to keep Jerusalem secure.

If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules, if they violate my statutes and do not obey my commandments, then with a rod I will punish their transgression and their crimes with beatings.read more.
But I will not take my loving kindness away from him or allow my truth to become perverted. I will not dishonor my promise or alter my own agreement.

He made an image of the goddess Asherah and set it in the Temple of Jehovah. This is the same Temple that Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son: In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever (for a very long time).

Manasseh had a carved idol made. Then he set it up in God's Temple, where God had said to David and his son Solomon: I have chosen this temple and Jerusalem from all the tribes of Israel. I will put my name here from generation to generation.

Now Jehovah has kept his promise. I have succeeded my father as king of Israel. And I have built the Temple for the worship of Jehovah the God of Israel. I also provided a place in the Temple for the Ark of the Covenant containing the stone tablets of the covenant Jehovah made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.

Jehovah has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David's place. I sit on the throne of Israel as Jehovah promised. I have built the Temple for the name of Jehovah God of Israel. I put the Ark that contains Jehovah's promise to Israel there.

But one tribe will be his because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem. Out of the tribes of Israel he will have the town I have made mine.

For David had said: Since Jehovah, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem from generation to generation,

Now arise, and come to your resting place, Jehovah our God, you and the ark of your power. Clothe your priests, Jehovah God, with salvation. Let your godly ones rejoice in what is good. O Jehovah our God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember your mercy to your servant David!

O Jehovah, arise, and come to your resting place with the ark of your power. Clothe your priests with righteousness. Let your godly ones sing with joy. For the sake of your servant David do not reject your anointed one.

I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!'

I will defend this city and protect it. It is for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.

Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'You prayed to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria. I have heard you.

Jehovah will save the dwellings of Judah first. The glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. In that day Jehovah will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He that is feeble among them will be like David. For the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Jehovah before them. It will happen at that time. I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

In that day I will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David and close up the breaches. I will raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.

I will return and will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins. I will restore it. (Amos 9:11,12)

Jehovah says: 'If My covenant for day and night do not stand and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth, then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant. And I would not take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their prosperity and will show them love and compassion.'

The days are coming, declares Jehovah, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved. Israel will dwell securely. This is his name by which he will be called, Jehovah Is Our Righteousness.

([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. Jehovah will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. He will say: Rule in the midst of your enemies.

Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

There must go forth a twig out of the stump of Jesse. A branch (sprout) (shoot) (descendant) from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of Jehovah will rest on him. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and respect for Jehovah will be his.

In love a throne will be established and in faithfulness a man will sit on it. One shall sit upon it in truth and faithfulness. He will be from the tent of David. He will judge and seek justice and speed the cause of righteousness.

Give ear and come to me; listen to me, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

I will place one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd. I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David will be their prince. I, Jehovah, have spoken! I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you. They are men that are a sign. I will bring forth my servant the Branch (Sprout)!

Do the Scriptures say that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

He will be great. He will be called the Son of the Most High. Jehovah God will give him the throne of his father David. (Isaiah 11:1-10) He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will not end.

I Jesus have sent my angel to tell you about these things in the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'

The list of ancestors of Jesus Christ, descendant of David and Abraham:

The Pharisees were gathered together, so Jesus asked them a question. What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he? They said: The son of David. He said: How then does David, directed by Spirit, call him Lord, saying,read more.
Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet.' (Psalm 110:1) If David called him 'Lord,' how is he his son? No one was able to answer him. After that they asked no more questions.

Still teaching in the temple Jesus said: Do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? Inspired by Holy Spirit David said: 'Jehovah said to my Lord sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.' (Psalm 110:1) David called him Lord. How is it that he is his son? The people were pleased with what he said.

He asked them a question: How is it that they say the Christ is David's son? For David said in the book of Psalms: Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand. Till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. (Psalm 110:1)read more.
David therefore called him Lord, and how is he his son?

Blessed is the coming kingdom, the kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!

Those going ahead of him and following him shouted praise: Glory to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of Jehovah! Glory in the highest! (Psalms 118:26)

We hoped he would redeem Israel. Yes and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

When they met they asked him: Lord will you restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?

Men and brothers let me freely speak to you about the patriarch David that he is dead and buried. His grave is with us to this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. He seeing this before spoke about the resurrection of Christ. That he would not be left in the grave and his flesh did not see corruption.

He raised him up from the dead, never to decay. It is stated in these words: I will give you the sure blessings promised David. (Isaiah 55:3)

This is about his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who came from the seed of David according to the flesh.

Remember that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. He is a descendant of David, according to my good news.