'Forever' in the Bible

And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

God also said to Moses, "You must say this to the Israelites, 'The Lord -- the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob -- has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.'

You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever.

The Lord will reign forever and ever!

then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorposts, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them, 'I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.'"

All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you."

Ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber, and he will also perish forever."

If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever.

You must gather all of its plunder into the middle of the plaza and burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It will be an abandoned ruin forever -- it must never be rebuilt again.

Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.

For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, 'As surely as I live forever,

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'I really did say that your house and your ancestor's house would serve me forever.' But now the Lord says, 'May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.

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!

With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!"

Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the Lord saying, 'The Lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'"Then David got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city.

Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?"

When David later heard about this, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner!

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!"

Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!"

I will humiliate David's descendants because of this, but not forever."

Therefore Naaman's skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!" When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.

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.

Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.'

I replied to the king, "O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?"

They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!

he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, 'Where is he?'

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

But the Lord rules forever; he reigns in a just manner.

for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

The Lord rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land.

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and his descendants forever."

The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just.

Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever!

The Lord's decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.

Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever.

For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah)

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

I asked, "Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?

Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun,

How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

But you, O Lord, reign forever!

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

But you, O Lord, rule forever, and your reputation endures.

His work is majestic and glorious, and his faithfulness endures forever.

They are forever firm, and should be faithfully and properly carried out.

He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome.

To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever."

He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

My mouth will praise the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever!

the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord!

The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

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

I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one's wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable."

You said, 'I will rule forever as permanent queen!' You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man's spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.

You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?' That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can."

"Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, 'Come back to me, wayward Israel,' says the Lord. 'I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,' says the Lord. 'I will not be angry with you forever.

So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever.

The Lord affirms, "The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me."

Once again there will be sounds of joy and gladness and the glad celebrations of brides and grooms. Once again people will bring their thank offerings to the temple of the Lord and will say, "Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all. For the Lord is good and his unfailing love lasts forever." For I, the Lord, affirm that I will restore the land to what it was in days of old.'

For I solemnly swear," says the Lord, "that Bozrah will become a pile of ruins. It will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example to be used in curses. All the towns around it will lie in ruins forever."

No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the Lord.

When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the Lord.

"I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up," says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all.

Then say, 'O Lord, you have announced that you will destroy this place so that no people or animals live in it any longer. Certainly it will lie desolate forever!'

(Kaf) For the Lord will not reject us forever.

But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it -- they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

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.

Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, 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 live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

The wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic] "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its interpretation."

saying, "Let the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.

In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.