1 Kings 8:57
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:6Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:5No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1 Samuel 12:22And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.
2 Chronicles 32:7Behave like men, and take courage: be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of the Assyrians, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there are many more with us than with him.
Psalms 46:11Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:55-62
Solomon Blesses and Exhorts the People. ( b. c. 1003.) 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord , he arose from before the altar of the Lord , from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Lord , that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good… Read the whole commentary →