What Does the Bible Say About David?

“I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth . smite: or, smite through the princes of”

“Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.”

“Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,”

“And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.”

“Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.”

“A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

“Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.”

“Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.”

“He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds :”

“I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,”

“Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.”

“Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.”

“The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. body: Heb. belly”

“If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.”

“Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.”

“And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. established: or, prepared”

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:”

“Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Woe: or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God the city: or, of the city kill: Heb. cut off the heads of”

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.”

“But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.”

“In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.”

“And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.”

“And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.”

“And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.”

“And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.”

“Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.”

“That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; chant: or, quaver”

“In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. feeble: or, abject: Heb. fallen”

“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”

“And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.”

“But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;”

“How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread , which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?”

“And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?”

“And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.”

“And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.”

“And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.”

“And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”

“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,”

“Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.”

“And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.”

“And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.”

“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:”

“And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”

“Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,”

“And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.”

“And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.”

“For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:”

“Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. let me: or, I may”

“Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;”

“Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?”

“And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.”

“Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:”

“After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:”

“And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.”