'Forever' in the Bible
He has ordained a lot for them;His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.They will possess it forever;they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
The grass withers, the flowers fade,but the word of our God remains forever.”
You said, ‘I will be the mistress forever.’You did not take these things to heartor think about their outcome.
Look up to the heavens,and look at the earth beneath;for the heavens will vanish like smoke,the earth will wear out like a garment,and its inhabitants will die like gnats.But My salvation will last forever,and My righteousness will never be shattered.
For the moth will devour them like a garment,and the worm will eat them like wool.But My righteousness will last forever,and My salvation for all generations.
For the High and Exalted Onewho lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:“I live in a high and holy place,and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,to revive the spirit of the lowlyand revive the heart of the oppressed.
For I will not accuse you forever,and I will not always be angry;for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,even the breath of man, which I have made.
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit who is on you, and My words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouth of your children, or from the mouth of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the Lord.
Then all your people will be righteous;they will possess the land forever;they are the branch I planted,the work of My hands,so that I may be glorified.
Lord, do not be terribly angryor remember our iniquity forever.Please look—all of us are Your people!
Then be glad and rejoice foreverin what I am creating;for I will create Jerusalem to be a joyand its people to be a delight.
Will He bear a grudge forever?Will He be endlessly infuriated?”This is what you have said,but you have done the evil thingsyou are capable of.
Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say:Return, unfaithful Israel.This is the Lord’s declaration.I will not look on you with anger,for I am unfailing in My love.This is the Lord’s declaration.I will not be angry forever.
I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.
You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritancethat I gave you.I will make you serve your enemiesin a land you do not know,for you have set My anger on fire;it will burn forever.
kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. This city will be inhabited forever.
He announced, ‘Turn, each of you, from your evil way of life and from your evil deeds. Live in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors long ago and forever.
I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.
When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.
If this fixed order departs from My presence—this is the Lord’s declaration—then also Israel’s descendants will ceaseto be a nation before Me forever.
a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying,Praise the Lord of Hosts,for the Lord is good;His faithful love endures foreveras they bring thank offerings to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.
For by Myself I have sworn”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will become ruins forever.”
Hazor will become a jackals’ den,a desolation forever.No one will live there;no human being will even stay in it as a temporary resident.
No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstoneor a foundation stone from you,because you will become desolate forever.This is the Lord’s declaration.
You must say, ‘Lord, You have threatened to cut off this place so that no one will live in it—man or beast. Indeed, it will remain desolate forever.’
כ KafFor the Lordwill not reject us forever.
You, Lord, are enthroned forever;Your throne endures from generation to generation.
Why have You forgotten us forever,abandoned us for our entire lives?
“They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will establish and multiply them and will set My sanctuary among them forever.
When My sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel.”
He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel and their kings will no longer defile My holy name by their religious prostitution and by the corpses of their kings at their high places.
Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever.
The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic begins here): “May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
and declared:May the name of Godbe praised forever and ever,for wisdom and power belong to Him.
“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.
But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified Him who lives forever:For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,and His kingdom is from generation to generation.
Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen came to the banquet hall. “May the king live forever,” she said. “Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale.
So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, “May King Darius live forever.
Then Daniel spoke with the king: “May the king live forever.
I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel:For He is the living God,and He endures forever;His kingdom will never be destroyed,and His dominion has no end.
But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever, yes, forever and ever.’
But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away, to be completely destroyed forever.
Those who are wise will shinelike the bright expanse of the heavens,and those who lead many to righteousness,like the stars forever and ever.
I will take you to be My wife forever.I will take you to be My wife in righteousness,justice, love, and compassion.
But Judah will be inhabited forever,and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
You will be covered with shameand destroyed foreverbecause of violence done to your brother Jacob.
I sank to the foundations of the mountains;the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
You force the women of My peopleout of their comfortable homes,and you take My blessingfrom their children forever.
Though all the peoples each walkin the name of their gods,we will walk in the name of Yahweh our Godforever and ever.
I will make the lame into a remnant,those far removed into a strong nation.Then the Lord will rule over them in Mount Zionfrom this time on and forever.
Who is a God like You,removing iniquity and passing over rebellionfor the remnant of His inheritance?He does not hold on to His anger forever,because He delights in faithful love.
“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?
Though Edom says: “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of Hosts says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country and the people the Lord has cursed forever.
And do not bring us into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.[For Yours is the kingdom and the powerand the glory forever. Amen.]
He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,and His kingdom will have no end.
just as He spoke to our ancestors,to Abraham and his descendants forever.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”
This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your fathers ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever.
Then the crowd replied to Him, “We have heard from the scripture that the Messiah will remain forever. So how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.
The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.
For from Him and through Himand to Him are all things.To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to Him be the glory forever! Amen.
As it is written:He scattered;He gave to the poor;His righteousness endures forever.
To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
but to the Son:Your throne, God,is forever and ever,and the scepter of Your kingdomis a scepter of justice.
also said in another passage, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
without father, mother, or genealogy,having neither beginning of days nor end of life,but resembling the Son of God—remains a priest forever.
For it has been testified:You are a priest foreverin the order of Melchizedek.
but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:The Lord has sworn,and He will not change His mind,You are a priest forever.
But because He remains forever, He holds His priesthood permanently.
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.
But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.
For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to Him forever and ever. Amen.
but the word of the Lord endures forever.And this is the word that was preached as the gospel to you.
If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
The dominion belongs to Him forever. Amen.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.
because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.
wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.
and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—the glory and dominion are His forever and ever. Amen.
and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, the One who lives forever and ever,
the 24 elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, worship the One who lives forever and ever, cast their crowns before the throne, and say:
I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them say:Blessing and honor and glory and dominionto the One seated on the throne,and to the Lamb, forever and ever!
saying:Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdomand thanksgiving and honorand power and strengthbe to our God forever and ever. Amen.
He swore an oath by the One who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will no longer be an interval of time,
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:The kingdom of the world has become the kingdomof our Lord and of His Messiah,and He will reign forever and ever!
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