'Forever' in the Bible

Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever.

He will never be shaken;The righteous will be remembered forever.

He has given freely to the poor;His righteousness endures forever;His horn will be exalted in honor.

Blessed be the name of the LordFrom this time forth and forever.

But as for us, we will bless and affectionately and gratefully praise the LordFrom this time forth and forever.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him],And the truth of the Lord endures forever.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Oh let Israel say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Oh let the house of Aaron say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

Oh let those who [reverently] fear the Lord, say,“His lovingkindness endures forever.”

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His lovingkindness endures forever.

I will keep Your law continually,Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].

Lamedh.Forever, O Lord,Your word is settled in heaven [standing firm and unchangeable].

I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,For they are the joy of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutesForever, even to the end.

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

The sum of Your word is truth [the full meaning of all Your precepts],And every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.

Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation]Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem,So the Lord surrounds His peopleFrom this time forth and forever.

O Israel, hope in the LordFrom this time forth and forever.

“If your children will keep My covenantAnd My testimony which I will teach them,Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Your name, O Lord, endures forever,Your fame and remembrance, O Lord, [endures] throughout all generations.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

To Him who alone does great wonders,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who made the heavens with skill,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who stretched out the earth upon the waters,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who made the great lights,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

The sun to rule over the day,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

The moon and stars to rule by night,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who struck the firstborn of Egypt,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And brought Israel out from among them,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who divided the Red Sea into parts,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And made Israel pass through the midst of it,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

But tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

To Him who struck down great kings,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And killed mighty kings,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Sihon, king of the Amorites,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And Og, king of Bashan,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And gave their land as a heritage,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Even a heritage to Israel His servant,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Who [faithfully] remembered us in our lowly condition,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And has rescued us from our enemies,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Who gives food to all flesh,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Give thanks to the God of heaven,For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.

The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me;Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O Lord, endures forever—Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.

I will exalt You, my God, O King,And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will bless Your name forever and ever.

Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You;Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever.

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,And all flesh will bless and gratefully praise His holy name forever and ever.

Who made heaven and earth,The sea, and all that is in them,Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,

The Lord shall reign forever,Your God, O Zion, to all generations.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

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

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

For riches are not forever,Nor does a crown endure to all generations.

One generation goes and another generation comes,But the earth remains forever.

I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor can anything be taken from it, for God does it so that men will fear and worship Him [with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is God].

He will swallow up death [and abolish it] for all time.And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,And He will take away the disgrace of His people from all the earth;For the Lord has spoken.

“Trust [confidently] in the Lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner],For the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].

And the effect of righteousness will be peace,And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.

The burning will not be quenched night or day;Its smoke will go up forever.From generation to generation it will lie in ruins;No one will ever again pass through it.

The Lord has cast the lot for them,And His hand has divided and apportioned Edom to the wild beasts by measuring-line.They will possess it forever;From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever.

“And you said, ‘I shall be a queen forevermore.’You did not consider these things,Nor did you [seriously] remember the [ultimate] outcome of such conduct.

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens,Then look to the earth beneath;For the heavens will be torn to pieces and vanish like smoke,And the earth will wear out like a garmentAnd its inhabitants will die in like manner.But My salvation will be forever,And My righteousness (justice) [and faithfully fulfilled promise] will not be broken.

“For the moth will eat them like a garment,And the worm will eat them like wool.But My righteousness and justice [faithfully promised] will exist forever,And My salvation to all generations.”

“For I will not contend forever,Nor will I always be angry;For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,And the breath of those whom I have created.

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you [writing the law of God on the heart], and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your [true, spiritual] children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”

“Then all your people will be [uncompromisingly and consistently] righteous;They will possess the land forever,The branch of My planting,The work of My hands,That I may be glorified.

Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever.Now look, consider, for we are all Your people.

“But be glad and rejoice forever over what I create;Behold, I am creating Jerusalem to be a source of rejoicingAnd her people a joy.

‘Will He be angry forever?Will He be indignant to the end?’Behold, you have spoken,And you have done all the evil things [you could],And you have had your way and have carried out your wickedness.”

Go and proclaim these words toward the north [where the ten tribes have been taken as captives] and say,‘Return, faithless Israel,’ says the Lord;‘I will not look on you in anger.For I am gracious and merciful,’ says the Lord;‘I will not be angry forever.

then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever.

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may [reverently] fear Me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

the [sound of the] voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the [song-filled] voice of those who say,“Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts,For the Lord is good;For His [steadfast] lovingkindness (mercy) endures forever”;and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.

But they said, “We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us: ‘You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons, forever.

“Hazor will become a haunt and dwelling place of jackals,A desolation forever;No one will live there,Nor will a son of man reside in it.”

“They will not take from you [even] a stone for a cornerstoneNor any rock for a foundation,But you will be desolate forever,” says the Lord.

and say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off and destroy it, so that there shall be nothing living in it, neither man nor animal, but it will be perpetually desolate.’

For the Lord will not reject forever,

But You, O Lord, reign forever;Your throne endures from generation to [all] generations.

Why do You forget us forever?Why do You forsake us so long?

‘The merchants among the people hiss at you [with malicious joy];You have become a horror and a source of terrors.You will cease to be forever.’”’”

They will live in the land where your fathers lived, [the land] that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they will live there, they and their children and their children’s children, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.

And He [the Lord] said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons (descendants) of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their [idolatrous] prostitution and by the corpses and monuments of their kings in their graves,

Now let them put far away from Me their [idolatrous] prostitution and the corpses and monuments of their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

Daniel answered,“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,For wisdom and power belong to Him.

In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

“But at the end of the days [that is, at the seven periods of time], I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my understanding and reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High [God] and I praised and honored and glorified Him who lives forever,For His dominion is an everlasting dominion;And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Now the queen [mother], overhearing the [excited] words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet area. The queen [mother] spoke and said, “O king, live forever! Do not be alarmed at your thoughts or let your face be changed.

Then these commissioners and satraps agreed to approach the king and said to him, “King Darius, live forever!

Then Daniel spoke to the king, “O king, live forever!

I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel,For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever,And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,And His dominion will be forever.

But the saints (believers) of the Most High [God] will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’