Psalm 89:35 “Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—”

Psalm 89:35

Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

World English Bible

Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

American Standard Version

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,

Darby Translation

Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

Young's Literal Translation

Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,

Bible in Basic English

I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

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Cross references

“Once”

Psalm 132:11 Hebrews 6:13 Hebrews 6:17 Psalm 110:4 Amos 4:2 Amos 8:7

Psalm 132:11 · BSB

The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

Hebrews 6:13 · BSB

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

Hebrews 6:17 · BSB

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Psalm 110:4 · BSB

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Amos 4:2 · BSB

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Amos 8:7 · BSB

The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

“that I will not lie”

Titus 1:2 2 Thessalonians 2:13

Titus 1:2 · BSB

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

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