by
1998
and
Katie in This Age
Copyright © 1998 C.J.E.
Lefroy
First Published
2004
First Issued 2004
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Foreword
Born in Gloucestershire in 1925, John Lefroy was educated at Wellington College and Clare College, Cambridge. It was whilst at Cambridge that he was converted to become a follower of Jesus Christ – the event which was to direct the rest of his life.
He was ordained as an Anglican Priest in 1950 and
served curacies at St. Matthew's, West Ham and All Soul's Langham Place, both
in London.
Staying in London to become Vicar of Christ Church,
Highbury, he worked there until his retirement in 1990.
John Lefroy was known as a clear thinking and, in
many ways an uncompromising evangelical teacher. The thesis of this book,
therefore, is striking because of its unorthodox and compassionate nature.
Unfinished at the time of his death in 1998, it may
raise as many questions as it answers about the nature of hell and the
afterlife. It certainly provides evidence of a life spent on a sincere, disciplined
and scholarly quest for truth.
Elizabeth Lefroy Watt
Dedication 2
Foreword 4
A Brief Summary of
Chapters 2-14 6
1. Introduction 7
2. Puzzles 9
3. Names 13
4. The God of Ages 15
5. Ages 27
6. Can Eternal Life
Be Everlasting? 30
7. The Broad Way 33
8. Doing Time 37
9. Resurrection-harvests 44
10. What About Hell? 51
11. Who Are These? 62
12. Conditional
Immortality 65
13. The Will of God 66
14. The Purpose of
The Ages 69
15. Why Be Saved Now? 74
APPENDICES 1-7 75
Bibliography 108
2. Puzzles:
certain discrepancies are evident in English translations of the Old Testament,
namely, that circumstances are declared to be eternal which prove to be not so.
On examination these discrepancies are discovered to be connected with the
Hebrew word ‘olam.
3. Names: in which the significance of given names of
God and humans is shown, especially el’olam
for God.
4. The
God of Ages: in which one chief manner of God’s working is by means of
progressive ages. Eleven examples are given.
5. Ages:
in which it is established that a Biblical Age is of limited but unspecified
duration.
6. Can
Eternal Life Be Everlasting?: in which it is shown that eternal life is
everlasting because it is the life of God.
7. The
Broad Way: in which it is shown that the conviction of sin is wrought by
the Holy Spirit after death and after the resurrection of the unjust.
8. Doing
Time: in which it is shown that God’s punishments often have a prescribed
time limit.
9. The
Resurrection-Harvests: in which it is shown that the three harvests of the
Law are types of the three resurrections.
10. What
About Hell?: in which it is shown that hell is a place of corrective
punishment of the false religionists amongst humankind.
11. Who
Are These?: in which it is shown that hell discharges its inmates after
they have served their sentence and these at once go to Jesus for cleansing.
12. Conditional
Immortality: in which is shown that the annihilation of the wicked is
against Scripture.
13. The
Will of God: in which it is shown that God’s will is that all should be
saved and this will is accomplished.
14. The
Purpose of The Ages: in which it is shown that the church of the firstborn
brings salvation to humankind and fallen angels in the next ages.
15. Why
Be Saved Now?: in which is shown the benefit of salvation in this present
age. The alternatives that ultimately
await are not heaven and hell but receiving worship with Jesus as His bride or
offering worship as His servants.
1.
Introduction
With the help of the
beautiful Holy Ghost, I hope to show that He does not endorse the doctrine of
eternal hell, and that this doctrine is nothing but a longstanding misreading
of Scripture by the church. It was the
north London poet, Stevie Smith in her poem “How
do your see?” (‘The Collected
Poems’: Allen Lane, 1978) who expressed this widely held objection to the
perceived teachings of Jesus Christ:
And
the penal sentences of Christ. He that believeth
and
is baptised shall be saved, he that believeth not
shall
be damned. Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire
prepared for the devil and his angels. And
then
saddest
of all the words in Scripture, the words,
they
went away into everlasting punishment. Is this good?
Yes,
nowadays certainly it is very necessary before we take
the
idea of Christianity, the words of our Lord
to
make them good, when often they are not very good,
to
see what the ideas are and the words, to look at them...
Does
the beautiful Holy Ghost endorse the doctrine of eternal hell?
Love
cruelty, yes, he must do this
For
he is your God.
I have attempted in this book to resurrect an early Christian doctrine that hell is like a prison from which the inmates are ultimately discharged when their sentence is served and their repentance achieved. As the Psalmist wrote:
‘There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in misery and chains, because they had rebelled against the words of
God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. Then they cried out to the Lord
in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of
darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands apart. Let them give
thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of
men! For He has shattered gates of bronze, and cut bars of iron asunder.’
(Psalm 107:10-16)
The doctrine of eternal
punishment was endorsed by the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 AD,
in my opinion, unscripturally. The Council said, among other things: '…if anyone says or thinks that the
punishment of demons and impious men is only temporary and will one day have an
end ... let him be anathema.’ The traditional doctrine of everlasting
punishment can be traced back to this statement, although there are some
historical grounds to believe that it is an interpolation. So there are 1400
years of tradition to be overthrown. It continues to this day in the Roman
Catholic Church, for instance. Article 1035 of their Catechism (1994) states: ‘The
teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those
who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the
punishments of hell, “eternal fire”. The chief punishment of hell is eternal
separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for
which he was created and for which he longs’.
The anathema was directed
chiefly against the teachings of Origen, a Biblical theologian of Alexandria
(c.163-c.254) who had written in his commentary on the Apostle Paul’s Letter
to the Romans: 'He that despises the
purification of the word of God, and the doctrine of the gospel, only keeps
himself for dreadful and penal purifications afterwards; that so the fire of
hell may purge him in torments whom neither apostolic doctrine nor gospel
preaching has cleansed, according to that which is written of being “purified
by fire”. But how long this purification which is wrought out by penal fire
shall endure, or for how many periods or ages it shall torment sinners, he
alone knows to whom all judgement is committed by the Father... But we must
remember that the Apostle would have this text accounted as a secret, so that
the faithful and perfect may keep their perceptions of it as one of God's secrets
in silence among themselves, and not divulge it everywhere to the imperfect and
those less capable of receiving it.’
This investigation or Bible
study has been undertaken with the conviction which our Lord expressed in His
Sermon on the Mount: 'Until heaven and
earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the
Law, until all is accomplished.
Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so
teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven’ (Matthew
5:18-19); and also that of the Apostle Paul: 'All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching’ (2
Timothy 3:16).
Martin Luther's “95 Theses” lit the fuse of a
theological explosion that shattered a mindset that had hardened over a similar
period. Perhaps my words may be read by a second Luther who will be able to
detonate a land mine under the concept of everlasting punishment.
Scriptural references are
taken from the New American Standard
Bible, used with the permission of The Lockman Foundation, LaHabra,
California (© 1960, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977). I must record my
debt to Andrew Jukes, whose writings I have found to be seminal, especially: The Second Death and the Restitution of all
things (4th Edition, London,
1875), and The Names of God (2nd
Edition, London, 1889). Also to the
Myra Chave-Jones, the Rev. Paul Dunthorne, Jorj Kowszun, and Miss Phyllis
Thompson for their great and generous help.
2. Puzzles
Now that I have retired, I
attempt the Times crossword each day.
I usually win on Mondays and lose on Saturdays. Other days, it is evens.
Another routine I have is to read my Bible daily, not just because I am
supposed to, being a clergyman, but also because I am hooked on it. I keep on
finding new and exciting facts about life and death in it: especially about
death. I am getting close to it, being well past the seventy mark.
My Bible is the New American
Standard Bible (NASB). I have tried most of the versions in English and
American English. I was reared on the Authorised Version, was taught theology
from the Revised Version, and switched to the Revised Standard Version as soon
as it was published; upgraded to the New International Version, dipped into the
Moffatt, Weymouth, and Phillips translations. I have read the Living Bible
paraphrase, tasted the good prose of the Jerusalem, New English, and Knox
Bibles. But now I am using the NASB
because I am told it is the version that nearly achieves its stated aim of
adhering as closely as possible to the original languages and making the
translation in a fluent and readable style according to current English usage.
I do not always manage to
read my daily chunk, because I am disabled, and sometimes feel very tired, but
I fail my puzzle more often than my Scripture reading. I had encephalitis in
1957, long before the mad cows thought of getting it. My first wife, Sally,
saved me from the knacker’s yard, through her faithful prayers added to those
of many friends. Very sadly, I could not do the same for her when she developed
breast cancer.
But during my illness I went
up to the edge of death. I was unconscious for six weeks and often on the
danger list. Altogether, it left me paralysed on the left side, which is why I
become fatigued.
Shortly after Sally’s death
in 1989, the Head Mistress of the parish school in Islington where we were
serving had a vivid dream about her. She saw Sally entering her study at the
school and saying “Tell him to write a book”. To reinforce these words, they
appeared over Sally’s head in clear black letters. What you are reading is my
attempt to follow these instructions.
I wanted to share with you
one of the most exciting, and, I may say, mind-blowing discoveries I have made
in the course of my reading of the Bible.
It’s not fair to call it a new discovery, because it was around in the
early days of the Christian faith and surfaced again in the last century in the
books of my spiritual pin-up, Andrew Jukes, a Victorian clergyman. But I have
added in a few bits and pieces of my own.
May I introduce to you
Andrew Jukes briefly? He was born in Bombay in 1815, the eldest child of a
doctor. In 1827, he was sent to school at Harrow. He left in 1832 and received
a commission in the army of the East India Company and was posted to Poona.
While there he experienced a call to the ministry and returned to England to
enter Trinity College, Cambridge in 1838 and in 1840 won the important Hulsean
Prize. In 1842, he was made Deacon to serve in St John’s Church, Hull. At that
time he began to have scruples about Infant Baptism and after discussion with
his Vicar and Bishop, left the Church of England and was re-baptised by a
Baptist minister.
He then gave himself to
study, and in 1847 the first of some thirty titles listed in the British
library catalogue was published. At the time he was ministering to a house
church in Hull that eventually built him a chapel, opened in 1866. The next
year, he published The Second Death and
the Restitution of All Things.
It is this work which forms
the basis of my thesis. It caused
bitter controversy in his congregation and led to a breakdown in the author’s
health. He left Hull in 1868 and eventually settled near his son in Highgate in
1869. He sought to return to the Church of England and received permission to
officiate as a Deacon from the Bishop of London.
His ministry was in speaking
– he was a participant in the Broadlands Conferences, the first of which was
held in 1871; counselling – he wrote many letters of spiritual direction; and
as an author. This ministry continued
until his death in 1901.
His writings were popular
with the early Plymouth Brethren, among whom were Edmund Gosse’s parents. In Father and Son he (Gosse) recalls: ‘There was, for instance, a writer called
Jukes, of whose works each of my parents were inordinately fond, and I was
early set to read Jukes aloud to them.
I did it glibly, like a machine, but the sight of Jukes’ volumes became
an abomination to me, and I never formed the outline of a notion what they were
about.’ I side with the parents.
I hope you will be able to
follow me along the track that Jukes has blazed. I have put a map, in the form
of a Summary of the main chapters of this work, which precedes my Introduction
in Chapter 1. At the end, I hope that you will agree with me that God is a
far nicer person to have running the cosmos than Stevie Smith thought Him to
be!
It all starts with a little
word, which the Americans write as ‘forever’ but which we over here, in Europe,
know as two words ‘for ever’. Scattered through the Old Testament are matters
that are said to last 'forever'. In our ordinary understanding 'forever'
indicates a period of time that is endless. For instance, a dictionary
definition is ‘always, at all times’. On examination of these matters, these
statements from the Bible do not seem to be accurate. These matters do not last
always. This jars in my mind, because I trained as a mathematician, and am used
to distinguishing between infinite quantities and finite quantities. And they
are definitely not the same breed.
‘Forever’ speaks to me of infinity.
Here are six examples of these puzzling matters.
1. 1 Samuel 1:22 – Hannah says to her husband Elkanah:
‘I will bring Samuel, that he may appear before the Lord, and stay there forever.’
Later, she explains this to
mean ‘as long as he lives’ (v.28). This is a clear example where forever cannot have the meaning of ‘always’. The context itself explains it
to mean at most ‘for life’.
2. 2 Kings 5:27 – The prophet Elijah tells his deceitful
and greedy servant Gehazi that as a punishment: ‘The leprosy of Naaman shall
cleave to you and to your descendants forever’.
Biblical leprosy is
described in Leviticus 13. It is a skin disease. Luke, who was a physician,
calls it by the Greek word lepra (Luke 5:12 – ‘there was a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell
on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make
me clean.”’).
Lepra was the technical term in Luke’s day for psoriasis, a family of non-fatal skin
diseases. The disease for which the
English word ‘leprosy’ is now used is a formidable affliction in which the
bodily extremities become numb, decay and may fall off. It is a form of elephantiasis (See The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible, article ‘Leprosy’). These
two diseases must not be confused.
Biblical leprosy, psoriasis, made the sufferer
ceremonially unclean or unholy, as other circumstances could. Eating certain
foods, touching a corpse, a bodily discharge of blood or semen each made the
perpetrator unholy. He or she was therefore excluded from all worship and
social intercourse. (e.g. 2 Kings 15:5 – ‘The Lord struck the king, so that he
was a leper to the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house.’)
Biblical leprosy came to an
end, in its ceremonial sense of making the sufferer unholy, with the end of the
ceremonial law: ‘The priesthood being changed, there takes place a change of
the law also’ (Hebrews 7:12). In its
medical sense as psoriasis it still
continues. Jesus had commanded the Twelve Disciples: ‘“Heal the sick, raise the
dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out
demons”’ (Matthew 10:8). They continued to obey each of these orders after
Pentecost, with the exception of the command to cleanse the lepers. They could
not, because there were none: Biblical leprosy, as a ceremonial disease, no longer existed, after Jesus’ death.
We can compare, for example,
the cessation of the distinction between ceremonially clean and unclean foods,
which also had disappeared. Jesus had declared all food clean (Mark 7:19). After His resurrection, he rebukes Peter for
forgetting this (Acts 11:9 – ‘What God has cleansed, no longer consider
unholy’.) In the same way, Gehazi's legacy of leprosy to his descendants also
disappeared. So leprosy did not remain in Gehazi’s family ‘forever’.
3. 1 Chronicles 15:2 – ‘No one is to carry the ark of
God but the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God, and
minister to Him forever.’
1.
Psalm 45:6-7 ‘Thy throne, O God, is forever (‘olam) and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of Thy
kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness.’
2.
Psalm 103:17 ‘But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from
everlasting (‘olam) to everlasting (‘olam) on those who fear Him, and His
righteousness to children's children.’
3.
Psalm 105:8 ‘He has remembered His covenant forever (‘olam), the word which He commanded to
a thousand generations.’
4.
Psalm 110:4 ‘The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,
“Thou art a priest forever (‘olam)
according to the order of Melchizedek.”’
5.
Isaiah 55:3 ‘Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you
may live; and I will make an everlasting (‘olam)
covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.’
6.
Daniel 12:2 ‘And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground
will awake, these to everlasting (‘olam)
life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting (‘olam) contempt.’
7.
Amos 9:11 ‘In that day I will raise up the fallen booth
of David, and wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins, and rebuild
it as in the days of old (‘olam).’
1.
Hebrews 1:8-9 ‘But of the Son He says, “Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever (eis tonaiona tou aionos), and the righteous sceptre is the sceptre
of His kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.’
2.
Luke 1:50 “And His mercy is upon
generation after generation (eis
geneas kai geneas) toward those who fear Him.”
3.
Luke 1:70,72 “As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from
of old (ap’aionos) to show mercy
toward our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant.”
4.
Hebrews 5:6 ‘Just as He says also in another passage, “Thou art a
priest forever (eis ton aiona)
According to the order of Melchizedek.”’
Hebrews
6:20 ‘Where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us,
having become a high priest forever (eis
ton aiona) according to the order of Melchizedek.’
Hebrews
7:21 ‘For they indeed became priests without an oath, but He
with an oath through the One who said to Him, “The Lord has sworn and will not
change His mind, ‘Thou art a priest forever’ (eis ton aiona).”’
Hebrews
7:24 ‘but He, on the other hand, because He abides forever
(eis ton aiona), holds His priesthood
permanently.’
5.
Hebrews 13:20 ‘Now the God of peace, who brought up from the
dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal (aionios) covenant, even Jesus our
Lord…’
6.
Matthew 25:46 ‘“And these will go away into eternal (aionios) punishment, but the righteous
into eternal (aionios) life.”’
7. Acts 15:16-18 ‘After these things I
will return, And I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen, and I
will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, in order that the rest of
mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says
the Lord, who makes these things known from of old (ap’ aion os).’
APPENDIX
2
Genesis 3:22
Genesis 6:3
Genesis 6:4
Genesis 9:12
Genesis 9:16
Genesis 13:15
Genesis 17:7
Genesis 17:8
Genesis 17:13
Genesis 17:19
Genesis 21:33
Genesis 48:4
Genesis 49:26
Exodus 3:15
Exodus 12:14
Exodus 12:17
Exodus 12:24
Exodus 14:13
Exodus 29:9
Exodus 31:16
Exodus 40:15
Leviticus 3:17
Leviticus 6:18
Leviticus 6:22
Leviticus 7:34
Leviticus 7:36
Leviticus 10:9
Leviticus 10:15
Leviticus 16:29
Leviticus 16:31
Leviticus 16:34
Leviticus 17:7
Leviticus 23:14
Leviticus 23:21
Leviticus 23:31
Leviticus 23:41
Leviticus 24:3
Leviticus 24:8
Leviticus 24:9
Leviticus 25:32
Leviticus 25:34
Leviticus 25:46
Numbers 10:8
Numbers 15:15
Numbers 18:8
Numbers 18:11
Numbers 18:19
Numbers 18:23
Numbers 19:10
Numbers 19:21
Numbers 25:13
Deuteronomy 5:29
Deuteronomy 12:28
Deuteronomy 13:16
Deuteronomy 15:17
Deuteronomy 23:3
Deuteronomy 23:6
Deuteronomy 28:46
Deuteronomy 29:29
Deuteronomy 32:7
Deuteronomy 32:40
Deuteronomy 33:15
Deuteronomy 33:27
Joshua 4:7
Joshua 8:28
Joshua 14:9
Joshua 24:2
Judges 2:1
1 Samuel 1:22
1 Samuel 2:30
1 Samuel 3:13
1 Samuel 3:14
1 Samuel 13:13
1 Samuel 20:15
1 Samuel 20:23
1 Samuel 20:42
1 Samuel 27:8
1 Samuel 27:12
2 Samuel 3:28
2 Samuel 7:13
2 Samuel 7:16
2 Samuel 7:24
2 Samuel 7:25
2 Samuel 7:26
2 Samuel 7:29
2 Samuel 12:10
2 Samuel 22:51
2 Samuel 23:5
1 Kings 1:31
1 Kings 2:33
1 Kings 2:45
1 Kings 8:13
1 Kings 9:3
1 Kings 9:5
1 Kings 10:9
2 Kings 5:27
2 Kings 21:7
1 Chronicles 15:2
1 Chronicles 16:15
1 Chronicles 16:17
1 Chronicles 16:34
1 Chronicles 16:36
1 Chronicles 16:41
1 Chronicles 17:12
1 Chronicles 17:14
1 Chronicles 17:22
1 Chronicles 17:23
1 Chronicles 17:24
1 Chronicles 17:27
1 Chronicles 22:10
1 Chronicles 23:13
1 Chronicles 23:25
1 Chronicles 28:4
1 Chronicles 28:7
1 Chronicles 28:8
1 Chronicles 29:10
1 Chronicles 29:18
2 Chronicles 2:4
2 Chronicles 5:13
2 Chronicles 6:2
2 Chronicles 7:3
2 Chronicles 7:6
2 Chronicles 7:16
2 Chronicles 9:8
2 Chronicles 13:5
2 Chronicles 20:7
2 Chronicles 20:21
2 Chronicles 30:8
2 Chronicles 33:4
Ezra 3:11
Ezra 9:12
Nehemiah 2:3
Nehemiah 9:5
Nehemiah 13:1
Job 7:16
Job 22:15
Job 41:4
Psalms 5:11
Psalms 9:5
Psalms 9:7
Psalms 10:16
Psalms 12:7
Psalms 15:5
Psalms 18:50
Psalms 21:4
Psalms 24:7
Psalms 24:9
Psalms 25:6
Psalms 28:9
Psalms 29:10
Psalms 30:6
Psalms 30:12
Psalms 33:11
Psalms 37:18
Psalms 37:27
Psalms 37:28
Psalms 41:12
Psalms 41:13
Psalms 44:8
Psalms 45:2
Psalms 45:6
Psalms 45:17
Psalms 48:8
Psalms 48:14
Psalms 49:8
Psalms 49:11
Psalms 52:8
Psalms 52:9
Psalms 55:22
Psalms 61:4
Psalms 61:7
Psalms 66:7
Psalms 71:1
Psalms 72:17
Psalms 72:19
Psalms 73:12
Psalms 73:26
Psalms 75:9
Psalms 77:5
Psalms 77:7
Psalms 78:66
Psalms 78:69
Psalms 79:13
Psalms 81:15
Psalms 85:5
Psalms 86:12
Psalms 89:1
Psalms 89:2
Psalms 89:4
Psalms 89:28
Psalms 89:36
Psalms 89:37
Psalms 89:52
Psalms 90:2
Psalms 92:8
Psalms 93:2
Psalms 100:5
Psalms 102:12
Psalms 103:9
Psalms 103:17
Psalms 104:5
Psalms 104:31
Psalms 105:8
Psalms 105:10
Psalms 106:1
Psalms 106:31
Psalms 106:48
Psalms 107:1
Psalms 110:4
Psalms 111:5
Psalms 111:8
Psalms 111:9
Psalms 111:10
Psalms 112:6
Psalms 113:2
Psalms 115:18
Psalms 117:2
Psalms 118:1
Psalms 118:2
Psalms 118:3
Psalms 118:4
Psalms 118:29
Psalms 119:44
Psalms 119:52
Psalms 119:89
Psalms 119:93
Psalms 119:98
Psalms 119:111
Psalms 119:112
Psalms 119:142
Psalms 119:144
Psalms 119:152
Psalms 119:160
Psalms 121:8
Psalms 125:1
Psalms 125:2
Psalms 131:3
Psalms 133:3
Psalms 135:13
Psalms 136:1
Psalms 136:2
Psalms 136:3
Psalms 136:4
Psalms 136:5
Psalms 136:6
Psalms 136:7
Psalms 136:8
Psalms 136:9
Psalms 136:10
Psalms 136:11
Psalms 136:12
Psalms 136:13
Psalms 136:14
Psalms 136:15
Psalms 136:16
Psalms 136:17
Psalms 136:18
Psalms 136:19
Psalms 136:20
Psalms 136:21
Psalms 136:22
Psalms 136:23
Psalms 136:24
Psalms 136:25
Psalms 136:26
Psalms 138:8
Psalms 139:24
Psalms 143:3
Psalms 145:1
Psalms 145:2
Psalms 145:13
Psalms 145:21
Psalms 146:6
Psalms 146:10
Psalms 148:6
Proverbs 8:23
Proverbs 10:25
Proverbs 22:28
Proverbs 23:10
Proverbs 27:24
Ecclesiastes 1:4
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Ecclesiastes 2:16
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3:14
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Isaiah 9:7
Isaiah 14:20
Isaiah 24:5
Isaiah 25:2
Isaiah 26:4
Isaiah 30:8
Isaiah 32:14
Isaiah 32:17
Isaiah 33:14
Isaiah 34:10
Isaiah 34:17
Isaiah 35:10
Isaiah 40:8
Isaiah 40:28
Isaiah 42:14
Isaiah 44:7
Isaiah 45:17
Isaiah 46:9
Isaiah 47:7
Isaiah 51:6
Isaiah 51:8
Isaiah 51:9
Isaiah 51:11
Isaiah 54:8
Isaiah 55:3
Isaiah 55:13
Isaiah 56:5
Isaiah 56:11
Isaiah 57:11
Isaiah 57:16
Isaiah 58:12
Isaiah 59:21
Isaiah 60:15
Isaiah 60:19
Isaiah 60:20
Isaiah 60:21
Isaiah 61:4
Isaiah 61:7
Isaiah 61:8
Isaiah 62:6
Isaiah 63:9
Isaiah 63:11
Isaiah 63:12
Isaiah 63:16
Isaiah 63:19
Isaiah 64:4
Isaiah 64:5
Jeremiah 2:20
Jeremiah 3:12
Jeremiah 5:15
Jeremiah 5:22
Jeremiah 6:16
Jeremiah 7:7
Jeremiah 10:10
Jeremiah 17:4
Jeremiah 17:25
Jeremiah 18:15
Jeremiah 18:16
Jeremiah 20:11
Jeremiah 20:17
Jeremiah 23:40
Jeremiah 25:5
Jeremiah 25:9
Jeremiah 25:12
Jeremiah 28:8
Jeremiah 31:3
Jeremiah 31:40
Jeremiah 32:40
Jeremiah 33:11
Jeremiah 33:17
Jeremiah 35:6
Jeremiah 49:13
Jeremiah 49:33
Jeremiah 50:5
Jeremiah 51:26
Jeremiah 51:39
Jeremiah 51:57
Jeremiah 51:62
Lamentations 3:6
Lamentations 3:31
Lamentations 5:19
Ezekiel 16:60
Ezekiel 16:63
Ezekiel 25:15
Ezekiel 26:20
Ezekiel 26:21
Ezekiel 35:5
Ezekiel 35:9
Ezekiel 36:2
Ezekiel 37:25
Ezekiel 37:26
Ezekiel 37:28
Ezekiel 43:7
Ezekiel 43:9
Ezekiel 46:14
Daniel 9:24
Daniel 12:2
Daniel 12:3
Daniel 12:7
Hosea 2:19
Joel 2:2
Joel 2:27
Joel 3:20
Amos 9:11
Obadiah 1:10
Jonah 2:6
Micah 2:9
Micah 4:5
Micah 4:7
Micah 5:2
Micah 7:14
Habakkuk 3:6
Zephaniah 2:9
Zechariah 1:5
Malachi 1:4
Malachi 3:4
APPENDIX
3
Genesis 3:22
Then the Lord God said,
“Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now,
lest he stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and
live forever…”
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, “My
Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh;
nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the
earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the
daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who
were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 9:12
And God said, “This is the
sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living
creature that is with you, for all successive generations…”
Genesis 9:16
“When the bow is in the
cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between
God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
Genesis 13:15
“…for all the land which you
see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.”
Genesis 17:7
“And I will establish My
covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your
descendants after you.”
Genesis 17:8
“And I will give to you and
to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 17:13
“A servant who is born in
your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus
shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.”
Genesis 17:19
But God said, “No, but Sarah
your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will
establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants
after him.”
Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a
tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the
Everlasting God.
Genesis 48:4
‘…and He said to me,
“Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company
of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an
everlasting possession.”’
Genesis 49:26
“The blessings of your
father have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors up to the utmost bound of
the everlasting hills; may they be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of
the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.”
Exodus 3:15
And God, furthermore, said
to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘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-name to all
generations.”
Exodus 12:14
“Now this day will be a memorial
to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your
generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.”
Exodus 12:17
“You shall also observe the
Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the
land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations
as a permanent ordinance.”
Exodus 12:24
“And you shall observe this
event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.”
Exodus 14:13
But Moses said to the people,
“Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will
accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will
never see them again forever.”
Exodus 29:9
“And you shall gird them
with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have the
priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.”
Exodus 31:16
‘So the sons of Israel shall
observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a
perpetual covenant.’
Exodus 40:15
“…and you shall anoint them
even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to
Me; and their anointing shall qualify them for a perpetual priesthood
throughout their generations.”
Leviticus 3:17
“It is a perpetual statute
throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or
any blood.”
Leviticus 6:18
“Every male among the sons
of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations,
from the offerings by fire to the Lord. Whoever touches them shall become
consecrated.”
Leviticus 6:22
“And the anointed priest who
will be in his place among his sons shall offer it. By a permanent ordinance it
shall be entirely offered up in smoke to the Lord.”
Leviticus 7:34
“For I have taken the breast
of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel
from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the
priest and to his sons as their due forever from the sons of Israel.”
Leviticus 7:36
‘These the Lord had
commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel in the day that He anointed
them. It is their due forever throughout their generations.’
Leviticus 10:9
“Do not drink wine or strong
drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of
meeting, so that you may not die…it is a perpetual statute throughout your
generations…”
Leviticus 10:15
“The thigh offered by
lifting up and the breast offered by waving, they shall bring along with the
offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before
the Lord; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you,
just as the Lord has commanded.”
Leviticus 16:29
“And this shall be a
permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month,
you shall humble your souls, and not do any work, whether the native, or the
alien who sojourns among you….”
Leviticus 16:31
“It is to be a sabbath of
solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent
statute.”
Leviticus 16:34
‘“Now you shall have this as
a permanent statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their
sins once every year.” And just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so he did.’
Leviticus 17:7
“And they shall no longer
sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot.
This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”
Leviticus 23:14
“Until this same day, until
you have brought in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither bread nor
roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your
generations in all your dwelling places.”
Leviticus 23:21
“On this same day you shall
make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do
no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places
throughout your generations.”
Leviticus 23:31
“You shall do no work at
all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your
dwelling places.”
Leviticus 23:41
“You shall thus celebrate it
as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual
statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh
month.”
Leviticus 24:3
“Outside the veil of
testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to
morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout
your generations.”
Leviticus 24:8
“Every sabbath day he shall
set it in order before the Lord continually; it is an everlasting covenant for
the sons of Israel.”
Leviticus 24:9
“And it shall be for Aaron
and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him
from the Lord's offerings by fire, his portion forever.”
Leviticus 25:32
“As for cities of the
Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the
cities which are their possession.”
Leviticus 25:34
“But pasture fields of their
cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession.”
Leviticus 25:46
“You may even bequeath them
to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as
permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you
shall not rule with severity over one another.”
Numbers 10:8
“The priestly sons of Aaron,
moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual
statute throughout your generations.”
Numbers 15:15
“As for the assembly, there
shall be one statute for you and for the alien who sojourns with you, a
perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien
be before the Lord.”
Numbers 18:8
‘Then the Lord spoke to
Aaron, “Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all
the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, I have given them to you as a portion,
and to your sons as a perpetual allotment.”
Numbers 18:11
“This also is yours, the
offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I
have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual
allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it.”
Numbers 18:19
“All the offerings of the
holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and
your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an
everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord to you and your descendants with
you.”
Numbers 18:23
“Only the Levites shall
perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity;
it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons
of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”
Numbers 19:10
“And the one who gathers the
ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it
shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who
sojourns among them.”
Numbers 19:21
“So it shall be a perpetual
statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his
clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until
evening.”
Numbers 25:13
“…and it shall be for him
and his descendants after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he
was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the sons of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 5:29
“Oh that they had such a
heart in them, that they would fear Me, and keep all My commandments always,
that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!”
Deuteronomy 12:28
“Be careful to listen to all
these words which I command you, in order that it may be well with you and your
sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the
sight of the Lord your God.”
Deuteronomy 13:16
“Then you shall gather all
its booty into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its
booty with fire as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God; and it shall be
a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.”
Deuteronomy 15:17
“…then you shall take an awl
and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant
forever. And also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.”
Deuteronomy 23:3
“No Ammonite or Moabite
shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the
tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the Lord…”
Deuteronomy 23:6
“You shall never seek their
peace or their prosperity all your days.”
Deuteronomy 28:46
“And they shall become a
sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever.”
Deuteronomy 29:29
“The secret things belong to
the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever,
that we may observe all the words of this law.”
Deuteronomy 32:7
“Remember the days of old,
consider the years of all generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you,
your elders, and they will tell you.”
Deuteronomy 32:40
“Indeed, I lift up My hand
to heaven, and say, as I live forever,”
Deuteronomy 33:15
“And with the best things of
the ancient mountains, and with the choice things of the everlasting hills…”
Deuteronomy 33:27
“The eternal God is a
dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He drove out the
enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’”
Joshua 4:7
“…then you shall say to
them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the
covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were
cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel
forever.”
Joshua 8:28
‘So Joshua burned Ai and
made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.’
Joshua 14:9
“So Moses swore on that day,
saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance
to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the Lord my God
fully.’”
Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the
people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your
fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the
father of Nahor, and they served other gods.’”
Judges 2:1
Now the angel of the Lord
came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and
led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will
never break My covenant with you…’”
1 Samuel 1:22
But Hannah did not go up,
for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the child is weaned; then
I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and stay there forever.”
1 Samuel 2:30
“Therefore the Lord God of
Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father
should walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me…
for those who honour Me I will honour, and those who despise Me will be lightly
esteemed.’”
1 Samuel 3:13
“For I have told him that I
am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his
sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them.”
1 Samuel 3:14
“And therefore I have sworn
to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by
sacrifice or offering forever.”
1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul,
“You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your
God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your
kingdom over Israel forever.”
1 Samuel 20:15
“And you shall not cut off
your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the Lord cuts off
every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
1 Samuel 20:23
“As for the agreement of
which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.”
1 Samuel 20:42
And Jonathan said to David,
“Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the Lord,
saying, 'The Lord will be between me and you, and between my descendants and
your descendants forever.” Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into
the city.
1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went
up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were
the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far
as the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 27:12
So Achish believed David,
saying, “He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore
he will become my servant forever.”
2 Samuel 3:28
And afterward when David
heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord forever of
the blood of Abner the son of Ner.”
2 Samuel 7:13
“He shall build a house for
My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”
2 Samuel 7:16
“And your house and your
kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established
forever.”
2 Samuel 7:24
“For Thou hast established
for Thyself Thy people Israel as Thine own people forever, and Thou, O Lord,
hast become their God.”
2 Samuel 7:25
“Now therefore, O Lord God,
the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and his house, confirm it
forever, and do as Thou hast spoken…”
2 Samuel 7:26
“…that Thy name may be
magnified forever, by saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel’ and may
the house of Thy servant David be established before Thee.”
2 Samuel 7:29
“Now therefore, may it
please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever
before Thee. For Thou, O Lord God, hast spoken; and with Thy blessing may the
house of Thy servant be blessed forever.”
2 Samuel 12:10
“Now therefore, the sword
shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.”
2 Samuel 22:51
“He is a tower of
deliverance to His king, and shows lovingkindness to His anointed, to David and
his descendants forever.”
2 Samuel 23:5
“Truly is not my house so
with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, ordered in all
things, and secured; for all my salvation and all my desire, will He not indeed
make it grow?”
1 Kings 1:31
Then Bathsheba bowed with
her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May
my lord King David live forever.”
1 Kings 2:33
“So shall their blood return
on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever; but to David
and his descendants and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the
Lord forever.”
1 Kings 2:45
“But King Solomon shall be
blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”
1 Kings 8:13
“I have surely built Thee a
lofty house, a place for Thy dwelling forever.”
1 Kings 9:3
And the Lord said to him, “I
have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I
have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there
forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.”
1 Kings 9:5
“…then I will establish the
throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father
David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’”
1 Kings 10:9
“Blessed be the Lord your
God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved
Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
2 Kings 5:27
“Therefore, the leprosy of
Naaman shall cleave to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out
from his presence a leper as white as snow.
2 Kings 21:7
Then he set the carved image
of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and
to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from
all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.”
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, “No one is
to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the
ark of God, and to minister to Him forever.”
1 Chronicles 16:15
“Remember His covenant
forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations…”
1 Chronicles 16:17
“He also confirmed it to
Jacob for a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant…”
1 Chronicles 16:34
“O give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
1 Chronicles 16:36
“Blessed be the Lord, the
God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting.” Then all the people said,
‘Amen,’ and praised the Lord.
1 Chronicles 16:41
And with them were Heman and
Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give
thanks to the Lord, because His lovingkindness is everlasting.
1 Chronicles 17:12
“He shall build for Me a
house, and I will establish his throne forever.”
1 Chronicles 17:14
“But I will settle him in My
house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.”
1 Chronicles 17:22
“For Thy people Israel Thou
didst make Thine own people forever, and Thou, O Lord, didst become their God.”
1 Chronicles 17:23
“And now, O Lord, let the
word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and concerning his house, be
established forever, and do as Thou hast spoken.”
1 Chronicles 17:24
“And let Thy name be
established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of
Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Thy servant is established
before Thee.’”
1 Chronicles 17:27
“And now it hath pleased
Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue forever before
Thee; for Thou, O Lord, hast blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
1 Chronicles 22:10
“He shall build a house for
My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his father; and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.”
1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram were Aaron
and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons
forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him and to bless in
His name forever.
1 Chronicles 23:25
For David said, “The Lord
God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem
forever.”
1 Chronicles 28:4
“Yet, the Lord, the God of
Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel
forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my
father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make
me king over all Israel.”
1 Chronicles 28:7
“And I will establish his
kingdom forever, if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances,
as is done now.”
1 Chronicles 28:8
“So now, in the sight of all
Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and
seek after all the commandments of the Lord your God in order that you may
possess the good land and bequeath it to your sons after you forever.”
1 Chronicles 29:10
So David blessed the Lord in
the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed art Thou, O Lord God of
Israel our father, forever and ever.”
1 Chronicles 29:18
“O Lord, the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the
heart of Thy people, and direct their heart to Thee…”
2 Chronicles 2:4
“Behold, I am about to build
a house for the name of the Lord my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant
incense before Him, and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer
burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the
appointed feasts of the Lord our God, this being required forever in Israel.”
2 Chronicles 5:13
‘…in unison when the
trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to
praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied
by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the
Lord saying, “He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,” then
the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud…’
2 Chronicles 6:2
“I have built Thee a lofty
house, and a place for Thy dwelling forever.”
2 Chronicles 7:3
And all the sons of Israel,
seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down
on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave
praise to the Lord, saying, “Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is
everlasting.”
2 Chronicles 7:6
And the priests stood at
their posts and the Levites, with the instruments of music to the Lord, which
King David had made for giving praise to the Lord… “for His lovingkindness is
everlasting”… whenever he gave praise by their means, while the priests on the
other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing.
2 Chronicles 7:16
“For now I have chosen and consecrated
this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be
there perpetually.”
2 Chronicles 9:8
“Blessed be the Lord your
God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the Lord your
God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made
you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
2 Chronicles 13:5
“Do you not know that the
Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a
covenant of salt?”
2 Chronicles 20:7
“Didst Thou not, O our God,
drive out the inhabitants of this land before Thy people Israel, and give it to
the descendants of Abraham Thy friend forever?”
2 Chronicles 20:21
And when he had consulted
with the people, he appointed those who sang to the Lord and those who praised
Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, “Give thanks to
the Lord, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
2 Chronicles 30:8
“Now do not stiffen your
neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He
has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger
may turn away from you.”
2 Chronicles 33:4
And he built altars in the
house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem
forever.”
Ezra 3:11
And they sang, praising and
giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is
upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they
praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
Ezra 9:12
“So now do not give your
daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek
their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things
of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”
Nehemiah 2:3
And I said to the king, “Let
the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place
of my fathers' tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”
Nehemiah 9:5
Then the Levites, Jeshua,
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said,
“Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Thy glorious name be
blessed and exalted above all blessing and praise!”
Nehemiah 13:1
On that day they read aloud
from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found
written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of
God…
Job 7:16
“I waste away; I will not
live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.”
Job 22:15
“Will you keep to the
ancient path which wicked men have trod…”
Job 41:4
“Will he make a covenant
with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?”
Psalms 5:11
But let all who take refuge
in Thee be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; and mayest Thou shelter them, that
those who love Thy name may exult in Thee.
Psalms 9:5
Thou hast rebuked the
nations; Thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name
forever and ever.
Psalms 9:7
But the Lord abides forever;
He has established His throne for judgement,
Psalms 10:16
The Lord is King forever and
ever; nations have perished from His land.
Psalms 12:7
Thou, O Lord, wilt keep
them; Thou wilt preserve him from this generation forever.
Psalms 15:5
He does not put out his
money at interest, nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does
these things will never be shaken.
Psalms 18:50
He gives great deliverance
to His king, and shows lovingkindness to His anointed, to David and his
descendants forever.
Psalms 21:4
He asked life of Thee, Thou
didst give it to him, length of days forever and ever.
Psalms 24:7
Lift up your heads, O gates,
and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in!
Psalms 24:9
Lift up your heads, O gates,
and lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in!
Psalms 25:6
Remember, O Lord, Thy
compassion and Thy lovingkindnesses, for they have been from of old.
Psalms 28:9
Save Thy people, and bless
Thine inheritance; be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
Psalms 29:10
The Lord sat as King at the
flood; yes, the Lord sits as King forever.
Psalms 30:6
Now as for me, I said in my
prosperity, “I will never be moved.”
Psalms 30:12
That my soul may sing praise
to Thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to Thee forever.
Psalms 33:11
The counsel of the Lord
stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
Psalms 37:18
The Lord knows the days of
the blameless; and their inheritance will be forever.
Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do
good, so you will abide forever.
Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loves justice,
and does not forsake His godly ones; they are preserved forever; but the
descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 41:12
As for me, Thou dost uphold
me in my integrity, and Thou dost set me in Thy presence forever.
Psalms 41:13
Blessed be the Lord, the God
of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms 44:8
In God we have boasted all
day long, and we will give thanks to Thy name forever. Selah.
Psalms 45:2
Thou art fairer than the
sons of men; grace is poured upon Thy lips; therefore God has blessed Thee
forever.
Psalms 45:6
Thy throne, O God, is
forever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.
Psalms 45:17
I will cause Thy name to be
remembered in all generations; therefore the peoples will give Thee thanks
forever and ever.
Psalms 48:8
As we have heard, so have we
seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish
her forever. Selah.
Psalms 48:14
For such is God, Our God
forever and ever; He will guide us until death.
Psalms 49:8
For the redemption of his
soul is costly, and he should cease trying forever…
Psalms 49:11
Their inner thought is, that
their houses are forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they
have called their lands after their own names.
Psalms 52:8
But as for me, I am like a
green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God
forever and ever.
Psalms 52:9
I will give Thee thanks
forever, because Thou hast done it, and I will wait on Thy name, for it is
good, in the presence of Thy godly ones.
Psalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the
Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
Psalms 61:4
Let me dwell in Thy tent
forever; let me take refuge in the shelter of Thy wings. Selah.
Psalms 61:7
He will abide before God
forever; appoint lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Psalms 66:7
He rules by His might forever;
His eyes keep watch on the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
Selah.
Psalms 71:1
In Thee, O Lord, I have
taken refuge; let me never be ashamed.
Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever;
may his name increase as long as the sun shines; and let men bless themselves
by him; let all nations call him blessed.
Psalms 72:19
And blessed be His glorious
name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the
wicked; and always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may
fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 75:9
But as for me, I will
declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 77:5
I have considered the days
of old, the years of long ago.
Psalms 77:7
Will the Lord reject
forever? And will He never be favourable again?
Psalms 78:66
And He drove His adversaries
backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach.
Psalms 78:69
And He built His sanctuary
like the heights, like the earth which He has founded forever.
Psalms 79:13
So we Thy people and the
sheep of Thy pasture will give thanks to Thee forever; to all generations we
will tell of Thy praise.
Psalms 81:15
“Those who hate the Lord would
pretend obedience to Him; and their time of punishment would be forever.”
Psalms 85:5
Wilt Thou be angry with us
forever? Wilt Thou prolong Thine anger to all generations?
Psalms 86:12
I will give thanks to Thee,
O Lord my God, with all my heart, and will glorify Thy name forever.
Psalms 89:1
(A Maskil of Ethan the
Ezrahite.) I will sing of the
lovingkindness of the Lord forever; to all generations I will make known Thy
faithfulness with my mouth.
Psalms 89:2
For I have said,
“Lovingkindness will be built up forever; in the heavens Thou wilt establish
Thy faithfulness.”
Psalms 89:4
“I will establish your seed
forever, and build up your throne to all generations.” Selah.
Psalms 89:28
“My lovingkindness I will
keep for him forever, and My covenant shall be confirmed to him.”
Psalms 89:36
“His descendants shall
endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.”
Psalms 89:37
“It shall be established
forever like the moon, and the witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah.
Psalms 89:52
Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.
Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were
born, or Thou didst give birth to the earth and the world, even from
everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
Psalms 92:8
But Thou, O Lord, art on
high forever.
Psalms 93:2
Thy throne is established
from of old; Thou art from everlasting.
Psalms 100:5
For the Lord is good; His
lovingkindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 102:12
But Thou, O Lord, dost abide
forever; and Thy name to all generations.
Psalms 103:9
He will not always strive
with us; nor will He keep His anger forever.
Psalms 103:17
But the lovingkindness of
the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His
righteousness to children's children,
Psalms 104:5
He established the earth
upon its foundations, so that it will not totter forever and ever.
Psalms 104:31
Let the glory of the Lord
endure forever; let the Lord be glad in His works;
Psalms 105:8
He has remembered His
covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
Psalms 105:10
Then He confirmed it to
Jacob for a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
Psalms 106:1
Praise the Lord! Oh give
thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 106:31
And it was reckoned to him
for righteousness, to all generations forever.
Psalms 106:48
Blessed be the Lord, the God
of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say,
“Amen.” Praise the Lord!
Psalms 107:1
Oh give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will
not change His mind, “Thou art a priest forever According to the order of
Melchizedek.”
Psalms 111:5
He has given food to those
who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever.
Psalms 111:8
They are upheld forever and
ever; they are performed in truth and uprightness.
Psalms 111:9
He has sent redemption to
His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Psalms 111:10
The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His
commandments; His praise endures forever.
Psalms 112:6
For he will never be shaken;
the righteous will be remembered forever.
Psalms 113:2
Blessed be the name of the
Lord From this time forth and forever.
Psalms 115:18
But as for us, we will bless
the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 117:2
For His lovingkindness is
great toward us, and the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 118:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for
He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 118:2
Oh let Israel say, “His
lovingkindness is everlasting.”
Psalms 118:3
Oh let the house of Aaron
say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
Psalms 118:4
Oh let those who fear the
Lord say, “His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
Psalms 118:29
Give thanks to the Lord, for
He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 119:44
So I will keep Thy law
continually, forever and ever.
Psalms 119:52
I have remembered Thine
ordinances from of old, O Lord, and comfort myself.
Psalms 119:89
Forever, O Lord, Thy word is
settled in heaven.
Psalms 119:93
I will never forget Thy
precepts, for by them Thou hast revived me.
Psalms 119:98
Thy commandments make me
wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine.
Psalms 119:111
I have inherited Thy
testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Psalms 119:112
I have inclined my heart to
perform Thy statutes forever, even to the end.
Psalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is truth.
Psalms 119:144
Thy testimonies are
righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.
Psalms 119:152
Of old I have known from Thy
testimonies, that Thou hast founded them forever.
Psalms 119:160
The sum of Thy word is
truth, and every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting.
Psalms 121:8
The Lord will guard your
going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever.
Psalms 125:1
(A Song of Ascents.) Those who trust in the Lord Are as Mount
Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Psalms 125:2
As the mountains surround
Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.
Psalms 131:3
O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forever.
Psalms 133:3
It is like the dew of
Hermon, coming down upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded
the blessing… life forever.
Psalms 135:13
Thy name, O Lord, is
everlasting, Thy remembrance, O Lord, throughout all generations.
Psalms 136:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for
He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:2
Give thanks to the God of
gods, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:3
Give thanks to the Lord of
lords, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:4
To Him who alone does great
wonders, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:5
To Him who made the heavens
with skill, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:6
To Him who spread out the
earth above the waters, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:7
To Him who made the great
lights, for His lovingkindness is everlasting:
Psalms 136:8
The sun to rule by day, for
His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:9
The moon and stars to rule
by night, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:10
To Him who smote the
Egyptians in their first-born, for His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:11
And brought Israel out from
their midst, for His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:12
With a strong hand and an
outstretched arm, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:13
To Him who divided the Red
Sea asunder, for His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:14
And made Israel pass through
the midst of it, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:15
But He overthrew Pharaoh and
his army in the Red Sea, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:16
To Him who led His people
through the wilderness, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:17
To Him who smote great
kings, for His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:18
And slew mighty kings, for
His lovingkindness is everlasting:
Psalms 136:19
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:20
And Og, king of Bashan, for
His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:21
And gave their land as a
heritage, for His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Psalms 136:22
Even a heritage to Israel
His servant, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:23
Who remembered us in our low
estate, for His lovingkindness is everlasting...
Psalms 136:24
And has rescued us from our
adversaries, for His lovingkindness is everlasting;
Psalms 136:25
Who gives food to all flesh,
for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 136:26
Give thanks to the God of
heaven, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 138:8
The Lord will accomplish
what concerns me; Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; do not forsake
the works of Thy hands.
Psalms 139:24
And see if there be any
hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 143:3
For the enemy has persecuted
my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark
places, like those who have long been dead.
Psalms 145:1
(A Psalm of Praise, of
David.) I will extol Thee, my God, O
King; and I will bless Thy name forever and ever.
Psalms 145:2
Every day I will bless Thee,
and I will praise Thy name forever and ever.
Psalms 145:13
Thy kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and Thy dominion endures throughout all generations.
Psalms 145:21
My mouth will speak the
praise of the Lord; and all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.
Psalms 146:6
Who made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever...
Psalms 146:10
The Lord will reign forever,
Thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 148:6
He has also established them
forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Proverbs 8:23
“From everlasting I was established,
from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes,
the wicked is no more, but the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move the ancient
boundary which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not move the ancient
boundary, or go into the fields of the fatherless...
Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not forever,
nor does a crown endure to all generations.
Ecclesiastes 1:4
A generation goes and a
generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Is there anything of which
one might say, “See this, it is new”? Already it has existed for ages which
were before us.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no lasting
remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days
all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything
appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that
man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to
the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that everything God
does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to
take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Indeed their love, their
hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a
share in all that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Furthermore, men are afraid
of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper
drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his
eternal home while mourners go about in the street.
Isaiah 9:7
There will be no end to the
increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on
and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this
Isaiah 14:20
“You will not be united with
them in burial, because you have ruined your country, You have slain your
people. May the offspring of evildoers
not be mentioned forever.”
Isaiah 24:5
The earth is also polluted
by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the
everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 25:2
For Thou hast made a city
into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin; a palace of strangers is a city no
more, it will never be rebuilt.
Isaiah 26:4
“Trust in the Lord forever,
for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.
Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it on a tablet
before them and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may serve in the time to come
as a witness forever.
Isaiah 32:14
Because the palace has been
abandoned, the populated city forsaken. Hill and watchtower have become caves
forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks…
Isaiah 32:17
And the work of
righteousness will be peace, and the service of righteousness, quietness and
confidence forever.
Isaiah 33:14
Sinners in Zion are
terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. “Who among us can live with the
consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?”
Isaiah 34:10
It shall not be quenched
night or day; its smoke shall go up forever; from generation to generation it
shall be desolate; none shall pass through it forever and ever.
Isaiah 34:17
And He has cast the lot for
them, and His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it
forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord
will return, and come with joyful shouting to Zion, with everlasting joy upon
their heads. They will find gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee
away.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the
flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you
not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable
Isaiah 42:14
“I have kept silent for a
long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. Now like a woman in labour
I will groan, I will both gasp and pant.”
Isaiah 44:7
“And who is like Me? Let him
proclaim and declare it; yes, let him recount it to Me in order, from the time
that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things
that are coming and the events that are going to take place.”
Isaiah 45:17
Israel has been saved by the
Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated
to all eternity.
Isaiah 46:9
“Remember the former things
long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one
like Me…”
Isaiah 47:7
“Yet you said, ‘I shall be a
queen forever.’ These things you did not consider, nor remember the outcome of
them.”
Isaiah 51:6
“Lift up your eyes to the
sky, then look to the earth beneath; for the sky will vanish like smoke, and
the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die in like
manner, but My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not
wane.”
Isaiah 51:8
“For the moth will eat them
like a garment, and the grub will eat them like wool. But My righteousness
shall be forever, and My salvation to all generations.”
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on
strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the days of old, the generations of
long ago. Was it not Thou who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon?
Isaiah 51:11
So the ransomed of the Lord
will return, and come with joyful shouting to Zion; and everlasting joy will be
on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will
flee away.
Isaiah 54:8
“In an outburst of anger I
hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness I will
have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer.
Isaiah 55:3
“Incline your ear and come
to Me. Listen, that you may live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with
you, according to the faithful mercies shown to David.”
Isaiah 55:13
“Instead of the thorn bush
the cypress will come up; and instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up;
and it will be a memorial to the Lord, for an everlasting sign which will not
be cut off.”
Isaiah 56:5
To them I will give in My
house and within My walls a memorial, and a name better than that of sons and
daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.
Isaiah 56:11
And the dogs are greedy,
they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; they
have all turned to their own way, each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.
Isaiah 57:11
“Of whom were you worried
and fearful, when you lied, and did not remember Me, nor give Me a thought? Was
I not silent even for a long time so you do not fear Me?”
Isaiah 57:16
“For I will not contend
forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before
Me, and the breath of those whom I have made.”
Isaiah 58:12
“And those from among you
will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will raise up the age-old foundations; and
you will be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of the streets in
which to dwell.”
Isaiah 59:21
“And as for Me, this is My
covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words
which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the
mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring,”
says the Lord, “from now and forever.”
Isaiah 60:15
“Whereas you have been
forsaken and hated with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting
pride, a joy from generation to generation.”
Isaiah 60:19
“No longer will you have the
sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you light; but you
will have the Lord for an everlasting light, and your God for your glory.”
Isaiah 60:20
“Your sun will set no more,
neither will your moon wane; for you will have the Lord for an everlasting
light, and the days of your mourning will be finished.”
Isaiah 60:21
“Then all your people will
be righteous; they will possess the land forever, the branch of My planting,
the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.”
Isaiah 61:4
Then they will rebuild the ancient
ruins, they will raise up the former devastations, and they will repair the
ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
Isaiah 61:7
Instead of your shame you
will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation they will shout for joy
over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
everlasting joy will be theirs.
Isaiah 61:8
“For I, the Lord, love
justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; and I will faithfully give them
their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.”
Isaiah 62:6
On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves…
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction He
was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His
mercy He redeemed them; and He lifted them and carried them all the days of
old.
Isaiah 63:11
Then His people remembered
the days of old, of Moses. Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with
the shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of
them…
Isaiah 63:12
Who caused His glorious arm
to go at the right hand of Moses, Who divided the waters before them to make
for Himself an everlasting name…
Isaiah 63:16
For Thou art our Father,
though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not recognise us. Thou, O
Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer from of old is Thy name.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become like those
over whom Thou hast never ruled, like those who were not called by Thy name.
Isaiah 64:4
For from of old they have
not heard nor perceived by ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides Thee,
Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.
Isaiah 64:5
Thou dost meet him who
rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers Thee in Thy ways. Behold, Thou
wast angry, for we sinned, we continued in them a long time; and shall we be
saved?
Jeremiah 2:20
“For long ago I broke your
yoke and tore off your bonds; But you said, ‘I will not serve!’ For on every
high hill and under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot.
Jeremiah 3:12
“Go, and proclaim these
words toward the north and say,
‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord; ‘I will not look upon you
in anger. For I am gracious,’ declares the Lord; ‘I will not be angry
forever.’”
Jeremiah 5:15
“Behold, I am bringing a
nation against you from afar, O house of Israel,” declares the Lord. “It is an
enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not
know, nor can you understand what they say.”
Jeremiah 5:22
“Do you not fear Me?”
declares the Lord. “Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the
sand as a boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it.
Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; though they roar, yet they
cannot cross over it.”
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says the Lord, “Stand
by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and
walk in it; and you shall find rest for your souls.” But they said, ‘We will
not walk in it.’
Jeremiah 7:7
“…then I will let you dwell
in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.”
Jeremiah 10:10
But the Lord is the true
God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth
quakes, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Jeremiah 17:4
“And you will, even of
yourself, let go of your inheritance that I gave you; and I will make you serve
your enemies in the land which you do not know; for you have kindled a fire in My
anger which will burn forever.”
Jeremiah 17:25
‘…then there will come in
through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of
David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will be inhabited
forever.’
Jeremiah 18:15
“For My people have
forgotten Me, they burn incense to worthless gods and they have stumbled from
their ways, from the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, not on a highway,”
Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land a
desolation, an object of perpetual hissing; everyone who passes by it will be
astonished and shake his head.
Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me like
a dread champion; therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They
will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed, with an everlasting disgrace
that will not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 20:17
Because he did not kill me
before birth, so that my mother would have been my grave, and her womb ever
pregnant.
Jeremiah 23:40
“And I will put an
everlasting reproach on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be
forgotten.”
Jeremiah 25:5
‘…saying, “Turn now everyone
from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which
the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever…”’
Jeremiah 25:9
“…behold, I will send and
take all the families of the north,” declares the Lord, “and I will send to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this
land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about;
and I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, and a hissing, and an
everlasting desolation.”
Jeremiah 25:12
“Then it will be when
seventy years are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,”
declares the Lord, “for their iniquity and the land of the Chaldeans; and I
will make it an everlasting desolation.”
Jeremiah 28:8
“The prophets who were
before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against
great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence.”
Jeremiah 31:3
The Lord appeared to him
from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have
drawn you with lovingkindness.”
Jeremiah 31:40
“And the whole valley of the
dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to
the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord; it
shall not be plucked up, or overthrown anymore forever.”
Jeremiah 32:40
“And I will make an everlasting
covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I
will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from
Me.”
Jeremiah 33:11
‘…the voice of joy and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the
voice of those who say, “Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is
good, for His lovingkindness is everlasting; and of those who bring a thank
offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the
land as they were at first,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:17
For thus says the Lord,
“David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel…”
Jeremiah 35:6
But they said, “We will not
drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying,
‘You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever.’”
Jeremiah 49:13
“For I have sworn by
Myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a
reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”
Jeremiah 49:33
“And Hazor will become a
haunt of jackals, A desolation forever; No one will live there, Nor will a son
of man reside in it.”
Jeremiah 50:5
“They will ask for the way
to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may
join themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be
forgotten.”
Jeremiah 51:26
“And they will not take from
you even a stone for a corner nor a stone for foundations, But you will be
desolate forever,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:39
“When they become heated up,
I shall serve them their banquet and make them drunk, that they may become
jubilant And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:57
“And I shall make her princes
and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men, That
they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,” declares the King, whose
name is the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 51:62
‘…and say, “Thou, O Lord,
hast promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be
nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual
desolation.”
Lamentations 3:6
In dark places He has made
me dwell, like those who have long been dead.
Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not reject
forever,
Lamentations 5:19
Thou, O Lord, dost rule
forever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
Ezekiel 16:60
“Nevertheless, I will
remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish
an everlasting covenant with you.”
Ezekiel 16:63
“…in order that you may
remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your
humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God
declares.
Ezekiel 25:15
Thus says the Lord God,
“Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with
scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity…”
Ezekiel 26:20
“…then I shall bring you
down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I shall make
you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with
those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I shall
set glory in the land of the living.”
Ezekiel 26:21
“I shall bring terrors on
you, and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be
found again,” declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 35:5
“Because you have had
everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the
sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the punishment of the end…”
Ezekiel 35:9
“I will make you an
everlasting desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will
know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 36:2
Thus says the Lord God,
“Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting heights
have become our possession…’”
Ezekiel 37:25
“And they shall live on the
land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they
will live on it, they, and their sons, and their sons' sons, forever; and David
My servant shall be their prince forever.”
Ezekiel 37:26
“And I will make a covenant
of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will
place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst
forever.”
Ezekiel 37:28
“And the nations will know
that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst
forever.”
Ezekiel 43:7
And He said to me, "Son
of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel
will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their
harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die,
Ezekiel 43:9
“Now let them put away their
harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among
them forever.”
Ezekiel 46:14
“Also you shall provide a
grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of
a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the Lord continually
by a perpetual ordinance.”
Daniel 9:24
“Seventy weeks have been
decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to
make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting
righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy
place.”
Daniel 12:2
“And many of those who sleep
in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others
to disgrace and everlasting contempt.”
Daniel 12:3
“And those who have insight
will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who
lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”
Daniel 12:7
And I heard the man dressed
in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand
and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be
for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the
power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.
Hosea 2:19
“And I will betroth you to
Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in
lovingkindness and in compassion…”
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
so there is a great and mighty people; there has never been anything like it,
nor will there be again after it to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:27
“Thus you will know that I
am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God and there is no
other; and My people will never be put to shame.”
Joel 3:20
But Judah will be inhabited
forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.
Amos 9:11
“In that day I will raise up
the fallen booth of David, and wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its
ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old…”
Obadiah 1:10
“Because of violence to your
brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame, and you will be cut off forever.
Jonah 2:6
“I descended to the roots of
the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, but Thou hast
brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.”
Micah 2:9
“The women of My people you
evict, each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My
splendour forever.”
Micah 4:5
Though all the peoples walk
each in the name of his god, as for us, we will walk in the name of the Lord
our God forever and ever.
Micah 4:7
“I will make the lame a
remnant, and the outcasts a strong nation, and the Lord will reign over them in
Mount Zion From now on and forever.”
Micah 5:2
“But as for you, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go
forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, from
the days of eternity.”
Micah 7:14
Shepherd Thy people with Thy
sceptre, the flock of Thy possession which dwells by itself in the woodland, in
the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the
days of old.
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and surveyed the
earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were
shattered, the ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Zephaniah 2:9
“Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “Surely Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah… a place possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are
they? And the prophets, do they live forever?”
Malachi 1:4
Though Edom says, “We have
been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the
Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them
the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the Lord is indignant
forever.”
Malachi 3:4
“Then the offering of Judah
and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in the days of old and as in
former years.”
APPENDIX 4
Matthew 12:32 A
V
Matthew 13:22 A
Matthew 13:39 C
Matthew 13:40 C
Matthew 13:49 C
Matthew 21:19 J
Matthew 24:3 C
Matthew 28.20 C
Mark 3:29 J
Mark 4:19 A
Mark 10:30 A
Mark 11:14 J
Luke 1:33 K
Luke 1:55 J
Luke 1:70 D
Luke 16:8 A
Luke 18:30 W
Luke 20:34 A
Luke 20:35 A
John 4:14 J
John 6:51 J
John 6:58 J
John 8:35 J
John 8:51 J
John 9:32 P
John 10:28 J
John 11:26 J
John 12:34 J
John 13:8 J
John 14:16 J
Acts 3:21 D
Acts 15:18 D
Romans 1:25 G
Romans 9:5 G
Romans 11:36 G
Romans 12:2 A
Romans 16:27 K
1 Corinthians 1:20 A
1 Corinthians 2:6 A
1 Corinthians 2:7 R
1 Corinthians 2:8 A
1 Corinthians 3:18 A
1 Corinthians 8.13 H
1 Corinthian 10:11 B
2 Corinthians 4:4 A
2 Corinthians 9:9 J
2 Corinthians 11:31 G
Galatians 1:4 P
Galatians 1:5 G
Ephesians 1:21 V
Ephesians 2:2 Q
Ephesians 2:7 X
Ephesians 3:9 E
Ephesians 3:11 B
Ephesians 3:21 M
Philippians 4:20 K
Colossians 1:26 E
1 Timothy 1:17 K
1 Timothy 6:17 T
2 Timothy 4:10 T
2 Timothy 4:18 K
Titus 2:12 T
Hebrews 1:2 B
Hebrews 1:8 L
Hebrews 5:6 J
Hebrews 6:5 A
Hebrews 6:20 J
Hebrews 7:17 J
Hebrews 7:21 J
Hebrews 7:24 J
Hebrews 7:28 H
Hebrews 9:26 Y
Hebrews 11:3 B
Hebrews 13:8 G
Hebrews 13:21 K
1 Peter 1:23 H
1 Peter 1:25 J
1 Peter 4:11 ?
1 Peter 5:11 J
2 Peter 3:18 N
1 John 2:17 J
2 John 2 J
Jude 13 F
Jude 25 S
Revelation 1:6 K
Revelation 1:18 K
Revelation 4:9 K
Revelation 4:10 K
Revelation 5:13 K
Revelation 5:14 K
Revelation 7:12 K
Revelation 10:6 K
Revelation 11:15 K
Revelation 14:11 H
Revelation 15:7 ?
Revelation 19:3 K
Revelation 20:10 K
Revelation 22:5 K
APPENDIX
5
A. aiwn – an age
Matthew 12:32 – “And whoever shall speak a word
against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak
against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age,
or in the age to come.”
Matthew 13:22 – “And the one on whom seed was sown
among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world,
and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
Mark 4:19 – “and the worries of the world,
and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke
the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
Mark 10:30 – “but that he shall receive a hundred
times as much now in the present age (kairw),
houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with
persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.”
Luke 16:8 – “And his master praised the unrighteous
steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more
shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.”
Luke 20:34-5 – ‘And Jesus said to them, “The sons of
this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered
worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither
marry, nor are given in marriage”
Romans 12:2 – ‘And do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the
will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.’
1 Corinthians 1:20 – ‘Where is the wise man? Where
is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of the world?’
1 Corinthians 2:6 – ‘Yet we do speak wisdom among
those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age, nor of the
rulers of this age, who are passing away…’
1 Corinthians 2:8 – ‘the wisdom which none of the
rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory…’
1 Corinthians 3:18 – ‘Let no man deceive himself. If
any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become
foolish that he may become wise.’
2 Corinthians 4:4 – ‘in whose case the god of this world
has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of
the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.’
Hebrews 6: 4,5 – ‘For in the case of those who have
once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made
partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the
powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible
to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the
Son of God, and put Him to open shame.’
B. Plural
1 Corinthians 10:11 – ‘Now these things happened to
them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the
ends (telh) of the ages have
come.’
Ephesians 3:11 – ‘This was in accordance with the
eternal purpose (the purpose of the ages) which He carried out in Christ
Jesus our Lord.’
Hebrews 1:1-2 – ‘God, after He spoke long ago to the
fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days
has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom
also He made the world (the ages).’
Hebrews 11:3 – ‘By faith we understand that the
worlds (ages) were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was
not made out of things which are visible ’
C. sunteleias tou aiwnos – end of the age
Matthew 13:39 – ‘and the enemy who sowed them is the
devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are
angels.’
Matthew 13:40 – “Therefore just as the tares are
gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age”
Matthew 13:49 – “So it will be at the end of the
age; the angels shall come forth, and take out the wicked from among the
righteous.”
Matthew 24:3 – ‘And as He was sitting on the Mount
of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will
these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of
the age?”
Matthew 28:20 – ‘teaching them to observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age’
D. ap aiwnos – from an age