1Sa 2:30, 2Sa 7:14-16, 1Ch 28:9, 2Ch 7:19-22, 15:2 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

2 Samuel 7:14-16

14 ^cI will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, ^dI will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 ^ebut my steadfast love will not depart from him, ^fas I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 ^gAnd your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew you} ⁱYour throne shall be established forever.’”

1 Chronicles 28:9

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^jwhole heart and with a willing mind, ^kfor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^lIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

2 Chronicles 7:19-22

19 ^m“But if you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural here} turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 ^othen I will pluck you ^{▼▼Hebrew them; twice in this verse} up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it ^qa proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ^r‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 22 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’”

2 Chronicles 15:2

2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: ^sThe Lord is with you while you are with him. ^tIf you seek him, he will be found by you, ^ubut if you forsake him, he will forsake you.