That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!

A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.'"

For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!"

Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you,

Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.' David's dynasty will be established before you,

After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.

With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the Lord: "For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever." All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.

Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty, the Lord is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! The world is established, it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly."

Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David's family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice.

I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.'

If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value.

"'If a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. Just as the priest establishes its conversion value, thus it will stand.

I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

I will establish my sovereignty over Elam. I will destroy their king and their leaders," says the Lord.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you.

I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord.

I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.

I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David, 'You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.'

and the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. According to the assessed conversion value of the priest, thus it will be.

to establish these days of Purim in their proper times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, and just as they had established both for themselves and their descendants, matters pertaining to fasting and lamentation.

These are the statutes, regulations, and instructions which the Lord established between himself and the Israelites at Mount Sinai through Moses.

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.

Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.

For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.

But I, the Lord, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth.

You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm.

King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong,

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

When the builders established the Lord's temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by King David of Israel.

Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis.

then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me -- since I established an ancient people -- let them announce future events!

So all the people went to Gilgal, where they established Saul as king in the Lord's presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord's presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.

For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness."

Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.

They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord's temple was not at that time established.

and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites -- 220 of them. They were all designated by name.

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

You have also established prophets to announce in Jerusalem on your behalf, 'We have a king in Judah!' Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let's talk about this."

You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

Esther's command established these matters of Purim, and the matter was officially recorded.

A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky -- he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited -- "I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.

Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David's throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!"

He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked.

Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know!

Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders -- older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established -- were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, 'You are my people.'"

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom.

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

If they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them the Lord says this: "Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile."

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'

Their residents are powerless, they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field, or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.'

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.

I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The Lord answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.