“A single witness shall not appear in a trial against a man for any wrong or any sin which he has committed; [only] on the testimony or evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be confirmed.

And all Israel from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south] knew that Samuel was appointed as a prophet of the Lord.

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you [as heir to the throne] nor your kingdom will be established. So now, send [someone] and bring him to me, for he must die.”

Now, behold, I know that you will certainly be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

Your house (royal dynasty) and your kingdom will endure forever before Me; your throne will be established forever.”’”

But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck down Shimei, and he died.So the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in Amaziah’s hand, he executed his servants who had killed his father the king.

Tremble [reverently] before Him, all the earth;
The world is firmly established, it will not be moved.

But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forevermore.”’”

“Therefore now, O Lord, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house endure forever, and do as You have said.

Let Your name [and the character that it denotes] endure and be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, yes, a God to Israel; and the house of Your servant David is established before You.’

So they got up early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe and trust in the Lord your God and you will be established (secure). Believe and trust in His prophets and succeed.”

He deported to Babylon those who had escaped from the sword; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia was established there,

“Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

With whom My hand shall be established and steadfast;
My arm also shall strengthen him.

“It shall be established forever like the moon,
And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah.

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty and splendor;
The Lord has clothed and encircled Himself with strength;
the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.

Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.

Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved;
He will judge and rule the people with fairness.”

“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”

They are upheld forever and ever;
They are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness.

His heart is upheld, he will not fear
While he looks [with satisfaction] on his adversaries.

“Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts].”

Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be steadfast and sure.

A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the [consistently] righteous will not be moved.

Truthful lips will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.

Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].

It is repulsive [to God and man] for kings to behave wickedly,
For a throne is established on righteousness (right standing with God).

Plans are established by counsel;
So make war [only] with wise guidance.

Through [skillful and godly] wisdom a house [a life, a home, a family] is built,
And by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],

Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

If a king faithfully and truthfully judges the poor,
His throne shall be established forever.

And the head (capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son [King Pekah]. If you will not believe [and trust in God and His message], be assured that you will not be established.”’”

A throne will be established in lovingkindness,
And One will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent (dynasty, family) of David;
Judging and seeking justice
And being prompt to do righteousness.

‘Their children too will be as in former times,
And their congregation will be established before Me;
And I will punish all their oppressors.

But it shall come about in the last days
That the mountain of the house of the Lord
Shall be established as the highest and chief of the mountains;
It shall be above the hills,
And peoples shall flow [like a river] to it.

And God said to Noah, “This [rainbow] is the sign of the covenant (solemn pledge, binding agreement) which I have established between Me and all living things on the earth.”

That the dream was repeated twice to Pharaoh [and in two different ways] indicates that this matter is fully determined and established by God, and God will bring it to pass very quickly.

I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers (temporary residents, foreigners).

“You will bring them [into the land of promise] and plant them on the mountain (Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem) of Your inheritance,
The place, O Lord, You have made for Your dwelling [among them],
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

That is why those who use proverbs say,

“Come to Heshbon,
Let the city of Sihon be built and established.

For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the streams and the rivers.

By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]?
He has made you and established you [as a nation].

God made the earth by His power;
He established the world by His wisdom
And by His understanding and skill He has stretched out the heavens.

The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].

“The command which Jonadab the son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine has been observed [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they do not drink wine, for they have obeyed their father’s command. But I have repeatedly spoken to you, yet you have not listened to Me.

Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have observed the command of their father which he gave them, but this people has not listened to Me.’”’

He made the earth by His power;
He established the world by His wisdom
And stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.

For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens],
Like the earth which He has established forever.

Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for [if you had obeyed] the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe].

You established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your people forever, and You, O Lord, have become their God.

And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel’s sake.

He has remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,

Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

The works of His hands are truth and [absolute] justice;
All His precepts are sure (established, reliable, trustworthy).

The Lord is on my side, He is among those who help me;
Therefore I will look [in triumph] on those who hate me.

Oh, that my ways may be established
To observe and keep Your statutes [obediently accepting and honoring them]!

Yodh.
Your hands have made me and established me;
Give me understanding and a teachable heart, that I may learn Your commandments.

Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].

So now, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as He promised, Adonijah shall indeed be put to death today.”

Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.

Are You not from everlasting,
O Lord, my God, My Holy One?
We will not die.
O Lord, You have appointed the Chaldeans [who rule in Babylon] to execute [Your] judgment,
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct and chastise.

He has also established them forever and ever;
He has made a decree which shall not pass away.

The Lord by His wisdom has founded the earth;
By His understanding He has established the heavens.

When He made firm the skies above,
When the fountains and springs of the deep became fixed and strong,

All those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. They were enrolled by their genealogies in their villages [around Jerusalem], these men [whose grandfathers] David and Samuel the seer had appointed to their official duty.

And David understood that the Lord had established and confirmed him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].

Be mindful of His covenant forever,
The promise which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,

When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.

So King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His Name. And his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honor.

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?
Certainly you know!

When his kingdom was firmly established, he killed his servants who had struck down his father the king.

Now it will come to pass that
In the last days
The mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains,
And will be exalted above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it.

Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He established it and searched it out.

“He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit];
[He will persevere] until He has established justice on the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

‘Who is like Me? Let him proclaim it and declare it;
Yes, let him confront Me,
Since I established the people of antiquity.
And let them [those supposed gods] tell those people [who foolishly follow them] the things to come
And the events that are going to take place.

For the Lord, who created the heavens (He is God, who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited) says this,

“I am the Lord, and there is no one else.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,

But the Lord will remain and sit enthroned forever;
He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

But if her husband says nothing to her [concerning the matter] from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all her pledges which are on her. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them.

And let the [gracious] favor of the Lord our God be on us;
Confirm for us the work of our hands—
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

But I will establish My covenant (solemn promise, formal agreement) with you; and you shall come into the ark—you and your [three] sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

“Now behold, I am establishing My covenant (binding agreement, solemn promise) with you and with your descendants after you

I will establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the water of a flood, nor shall there ever again be a flood to destroy and ruin the earth.”

I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

But God said, “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall name him Isaac (laughter); and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

But My covenant [My promise, My solemn pledge], I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

For I will turn toward you [with favor and regard] and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish and confirm My covenant with you.

Then he took up his [seventh] discourse (oracle) and said:

“Alas, who can live unless God has ordained it?

“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

This is what the Lord says,
“In a favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep watch over You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To restore the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands,