2 Samuel 7:21

For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou hast done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

In Context

20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God:

22Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God, because there is none like to thee, neither is there any God besides thee, in all the things that we have heard with our ears.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Joshua 23:14Behold this day I am going into the way of all the earth, and you shall know with all your mind that of all the words which the Lord promised to perform for you, not one hath failed.

Psalms 138:2On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.

Luke 1:72To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,

Luke 12:32Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29

David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →

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