2 Samuel 23:5

For my house is not so with the Mighty One: 1 For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, 1 Ready, guarded at every time; 1 For all my salvation and all my desire is, 1 That the wicked should not flourish. 1

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In The King James Version

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

In Context

4And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, 1 From the light of which the Lord passed on, 1 And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth. 1

6All these are as a thorn thrust forth, 1 For they shall not be taken with the hand, 1

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Cross References

Genesis 9:16And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between every living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.

1 Samuel 25:28Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee.

2 Samuel 7:18And King David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what is my house, that thou hast loved me hitherto?

2 Samuel 13:14But Amnon would not hearken to her voice; and he prevailed against her, and humbled her, and lay with her.

2 Samuel 18:14And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.

1 Kings 2:24And now as the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:2-8

David's Last Words. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the… Read the whole commentary →

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