LXX Concordance for αἰῶνα

The LORD God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

And the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain[fn] with[fn] mankind forever, because they are corrupt.[fn] Their days will be 120 years.”

But Moses said to the people, “Don't be afraid. Stand firm and see the LORD's salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

The LORD will reign forever and ever!

The LORD said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you.” Moses reported the people's words to the LORD,

“his master is to bring him to the judges[fn] and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master for life.

“Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and[fn] his sons.

“Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel ​— ​you swore to them by yourself and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.' ”

“Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve me as priests. Their anointing will serve to inaugurate a permanent priesthood for them throughout their generations.”

“This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”

“You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

“You are to gather all its spoil in the middle of the city square and completely burn the city and all its spoil for the LORD your God. The city is to remain a mound of ruins forever; it is not to be rebuilt.

“take an awl and pierce through his ear into the door, and he will become your slave for life. Also treat your female slave the same way.

“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the LORD's assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the LORD's assembly.

“Never pursue their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.

“The hidden things belong to the LORD our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

“I raise my hand to heaven and declare:

As surely as I live forever,

Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, still desolate today.

“On that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land where you have set foot will be an inheritance for you and your descendants forever, because you have followed the LORD my God completely.'

The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I had promised to your ancestors. I also said: I will never break my covenant with you.

So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself repulsive to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

“He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

“Your house and kingdom will endure before me[fn] forever, and your throne will be established forever.' ”

Now, please bless your servant's house so that it will continue before you forever. For you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing your servant's house will be blessed forever.

Bathsheba knelt low with her face to the ground, paying homage to the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever! ”

“The responsibility for their deaths will come back to Joab and to his descendants[fn] forever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the LORD forever.”

“but King Solomon will be blessed, and David's throne will remain established before the LORD forever.”

The LORD said to him:

I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put[fn] my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.

“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel, because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel. He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

“Therefore, Naaman's skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased, resembling snow.[fn]

Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

Remember his covenant forever —

the promise he ordained for a thousand generations,

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD ​— ​for his faithful love endures forever.

So now, you have been pleased to bless your servant's house that it may continue before you forever. For you, LORD, have blessed it, and it is blessed forever.

“Yet the LORD God of Israel chose me out of all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father's family, and from my father's sons, he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of your people, and confirm their hearts toward you.

Now I am building a temple for the name of the LORD my God in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continuously, and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening, the Sabbaths and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently.

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD:

For he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

The temple, the LORD's temple, was filled with a cloud.

All the Israelites were watching when the fire descended and the glory of the LORD came on the temple. They bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground. They worshiped and praised the LORD:

For he is good,

for his faithful love endures forever.

The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made to give thanks to the LORD ​— ​“for his faithful love endures forever” ​— ​when he offered praise with them. Across from the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing.

“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on his throne as king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, he has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

“Don't you know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

Are you not our God who drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and who gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

Then he consulted with the people and appointed some to sing for the LORD and some to praise the splendor of his holiness. When they went out in front of the armed forces, they kept singing:[fn]

Give thanks to the LORD,

for his faithful love endures forever.

“Don't become obstinate[fn] now like your ancestors did. Give your allegiance[fn] to the LORD, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,

He built altars in the LORD's temple, where the LORD had said, “Jerusalem is where my name will remain forever.”

Manasseh set up a carved image of the idol, which he had made, in God's temple that God had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever[fn] in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For he is good; his faithful love to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD because the foundation of the LORD's house had been laid.

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I[fn] not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire? ”

So Esther's command confirmed these customs of Purim, which were then written into the record.

I give up! I will not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.[fn]

I wish that my words were written down,

that they were recorded on a scroll

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

let them shout for joy forever.

May you shelter them,

and may those who love your name boast about you.

You have rebuked the nations:

You have destroyed the wicked;

you have erased their name forever and ever.

But the LORD sits enthroned forever;

he has established his throne for judgment.

For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed[fn] will not perish forever.

The LORD is King forever and ever;

the nations will perish from his land.

You, LORD, will guard us;[fn]

you will protect us[fn] from this generation forever.

who does not lend his silver at interest

or take a bribe against the innocent —

the one who does these things will never be shaken.

The fear of the LORD is pure,

enduring forever;

the ordinances of the LORD are reliable

and altogether righteous.

He asked you for life, and you gave it to him —

length of days forever and ever.

You give him blessings forever;

you cheer him with joy in your presence.

The humble will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek the LORD will praise him.

May your hearts live forever!

The LORD sits enthroned over the flood;

the LORD sits enthroned, King forever.

When I was secure, I said,

“I will never be shaken.”

so that I can sing to you and not be silent.

LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

LORD, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.

Save me by your righteousness.

The counsel of the LORD stands forever,

the plans of his heart from generation to generation.

The LORD watches over the blameless all their days,

and their inheritance will last forever.

Turn away from evil, do what is good,

and settle permanently.

You supported me because of my integrity

and set me in your presence forever.

We boast in God all day long;

we will praise your name forever.Selah

You are the most handsome of men;[fn]

grace flows from your lips.

Therefore God has blessed you forever.

Your throne, God, is[fn] forever and ever;

the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

I will cause your name to be remembered for all generations;

therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.

Just as we heard, so we have seen

in the city of the LORD of Armies,

in the city of our God;

God will establish it forever.Selah

“This God, our God forever and ever —

he will always lead us.”[fn]

so that he may live forever

and not see the Pit.

Their graves are their permanent homes,[fn]

their dwellings from generation to generation,

though they have named estates after themselves.

But I am like a flourishing olive tree

in the house of God;

I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever.

Cast your burden on the LORD,

and he will sustain you;

he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

May he sit enthroned before God forever.

Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

LORD, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.

Blessed be his glorious name forever;

the whole earth is filled with his glory.

Amen and amen.

Look at them ​— ​the wicked!

They are always at ease,

and they increase their wealth.

My flesh and my heart may fail,

but God is the strength[fn] of my heart,

my portion forever.

As for me, I will tell about him forever;

I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

He built his sanctuary like the heights,

like the earth that he established forever.

Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture,

will thank you forever;

we will declare your praise

to generation after generation.

Those who hate the LORD

would cower to him;

their doom would last forever.

Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;

let them perish in disgrace.

Will you be angry with us forever?

Will you prolong your anger for all generations?

I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,

and will honor your name forever.

I will sing about the LORD's faithful love forever;

I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations

with my mouth.

“I will always preserve my faithful love for him,

and my covenant with him will endure.

“His offspring will continue forever,

his throne like the sun before me,

Blessed be the LORD forever.

Amen and amen.

though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed.

For the LORD is good, and his faithful love endures forever;

his faithfulness, through all generations.

But you, LORD, are enthroned forever;

your fame endures to all generations.

“Your servants' children will dwell securely,

and their offspring will be established before you.”

He will not always accuse us

or be angry forever.

He established the earth on its foundations;

it will never be shaken.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever;

may the LORD rejoice in his works.

He remembers his covenant forever,

the promise he ordained

for a thousand generations —

Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back:

“You are a priest forever

according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”

All that he does is splendid and majestic;

his righteousness endures forever.

He has provided food for those who fear him;

he remembers his covenant forever.

They are established forever and ever,

enacted in truth and in uprightness.

Wealth and riches are in his house,

and his righteousness endures forever.

He will never be shaken.

The righteous one will be remembered forever.

He distributes freely to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever.

His horn will be exalted in honor.

For his faithful love to us is great;

the LORD's faithfulness endures forever.

Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his faithful love endures forever.

I will always obey your instruction,

forever and ever.

LORD, your word is forever;

it is firmly fixed in heaven.

I will never forget your precepts,

for you have given me life through them.

I have your decrees as a heritage forever;

indeed, they are the joy of my heart.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

and your instruction is true.

Your decrees are righteous forever.

Give me understanding, and I will live.

Long ago I learned from your decrees

that you have established them forever.

The entirety of your word is truth,

each of your righteous judgments endures forever.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion.

It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.

“This is my resting place forever;

I will make my home here

because I have desired it.

LORD, your name endures forever,

your reputation, LORD,

through all generations.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.

His faithful love endures forever.

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me.

LORD, your faithful love endures forever;

do not abandon the work of your hands.

I[fn] exalt you, my God the King,

and bless your name forever and ever.

My mouth will declare the LORD's praise;

let every living thing

bless his holy name forever and ever.

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in them.

He remains faithful forever,

The LORD reigns forever;

Zion, your God reigns for all generations.

Hallelujah!

He set them in position forever and ever;

he gave an order that will never pass away.

He will get a beating[fn] and dishonor,

and his disgrace will never be removed.

When the whirlwind passes,

the wicked are no more,

but the righteous are secure forever.

The righteous will never be shaken,

but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

Many plans are in a person's heart,

but the LORD's decree will prevail.

for wealth is not forever;

not even a crown lasts for all time.

A generation goes and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

He has made everything appropriate[fn] in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts,[fn] but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

I know that everything God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of him.

Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.

The dominion will be vast,

and its prosperity will never end.

He will reign on the throne of David

and over his kingdom,

to establish and sustain it

with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.

The zeal of the LORD of Armies will accomplish this.

It will never be inhabited

or lived in from generation to generation;

a nomad will not pitch his tent there,

and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.

You will not join them in burial,

because you destroyed your land

and slaughtered your own people.

The offspring of evildoers

will never be mentioned again.

The cities of Aroer are abandoned;

they will be places for flocks.

They will lie down without fear.

At that time a gift will be brought to the LORD of Armies from[fn] a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers ​— ​to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of Armies.

It will be a sign and witness to the LORD of Armies in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.

For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks,

a fortified city, into ruins;

the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city;

it will never be rebuilt.

Bread grain is crushed,

but is not threshed endlessly.

Though the wheel of the farmer's cart rumbles,

his horses do not crush it.

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence

and inscribe it on a scroll;

it will be for the future,

forever and ever.

Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.

Your eyes will see Jerusalem,

a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;

its tent pegs will not be pulled up

nor will any of its cords be loosened.

It will never go out ​— ​day or night.

Its smoke will go up forever.

It will be desolate, from generation to generation;

no one will pass through it forever and ever.

He has cast the lot for them;

his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.

They will possess it forever;

they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

“The grass withers, the flowers fade,

but the word of our God remains forever.”

Who, like me, can announce the future?

Let him say so and make a case before me,

since I have established an ancient people.

Let these gods declare[fn] the coming things,

and what will take place.

“You said, ‘I will be the queen forever.'

You did not take these things to heart

or think about their outcome.

“Listen to me, Jacob,

and Israel, the one called by me:

I am he; I am the first,

I am also the last.

Look up to the heavens,

and look at the earth beneath;

for the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment,

and its inhabitants will die like gnats.[fn]

But my salvation will last forever,

and my righteousness will never be shattered.

For moths will devour them like a garment,

and worms will eat them like wool.

But my righteousness will last forever,

and my salvation for all generations.

For the High and Exalted One,

who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this:

“I live in a high and holy place,

and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,

to revive the spirit of the lowly

and revive the heart of the oppressed.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children's children, from now on and forever,” says the LORD.

“Will he bear a grudge forever?

Will he be endlessly infuriated? ”

This is what you have said,

but you have done the evil things

you are capable of.

“Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say,

‘Return, unfaithful Israel.

This is the LORD's declaration.

I will not look on you with anger,[fn]

for I am unfailing in my love.

This is the LORD's declaration.

I will not be angry forever.

“kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David; they will ride in chariots and on horses with their officials, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. This city will be inhabited forever.

“a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride, and the voice of those saying,

Give thanks to the LORD of Armies,

for the LORD is good;

his faithful love endures forever

as they bring thanksgiving sacrifices to the temple of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the LORD.

“For by myself I have sworn” ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration ​— ​“Bozrah[fn] will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”

Therefore, desert creatures[fn] will live with hyenas,

and ostriches will also live in her.

It will never again be inhabited

or lived in through all generations.

No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone

or a foundation stone from you,

because you will become desolate forever.

This is the LORD's declaration.

“Say, ‘LORD, you have threatened to cut off this place so that no one will live in it ​— ​people or animals. Indeed, it will remain desolate forever.'

For the Lord

will not reject us forever.

You, LORD, are enthroned forever;

your throne endures from generation to generation.

“I will make you an object of horror, and you will no longer exist. You will be sought but will never be found again.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

“Those who trade among the peoples

scoff[fn] at you;

you have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.” ' ”

“All those who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you.

You have become an object of horror

and will never exist again.' ”

“ ‘They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your ancestors lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince forever.

“When my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel.' ”

He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel and their kings will no longer defile my holy name by their religious prostitution and by the corpses[fn] of their kings at their high places.[fn]

“Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from me, and I will dwell among them forever.

But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified him who lives forever:

For his dominion is an everlasting dominion,

and his kingdom is from generation to generation.

Then I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the water of the river. He raised both his hands[fn] toward heaven and swore by him who lives eternally that it would be for a time, times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people is shattered, all these things will be completed.

I will take you to be my wife forever.

I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,

justice, love, and compassion.

You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied.

You will praise the name of the LORD your God,

who has dealt wondrously with you.

My people will never again be put to shame.

But Judah will be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

Though all the peoples walk

in the name of their own gods,

we will walk in the name of the LORD our God

forever and ever.

I will make the lame into a remnant,

those far removed into a strong nation.

Then the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion

from this time on and forever.

Therefore, as I live —

this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies,

the God of Israel —

Moab will be like Sodom

and the Ammonites like Gomorrah:

a place overgrown with weeds,

a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.

The remnant of my people will plunder them;

the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?