'Loyal' in the Bible

And it happened [that] as God caused me to wander from the house of my father I said to her, 'This [is] your loyal kindness that you must do for me at every place where we come: say concerning me, "He [is] my brother." '"

And he said, "O Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show loyal love to my master Abraham.

And let it be [that] the girl to whom I shall say, 'Please, offer your jar that I may drink' and [who] says, 'Drink--and I will also water your camels,' she [is the one] you have chosen for your servant, for Isaac. By her I will know that you have shown loyal love to my master."

And he said, "Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his loyal love and his faithfulness from my master. I [was] on the way [and] Yahweh led me [to] the house of my master's brother."

{I am not worthy} of all the loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant, for with [only] my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

And Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed loyal love to him, and gave him favor in the eyes of the chief of the prison.

In your loyal love you led [the] people whom you redeemed; in your strength you guided [them] to the abode of your holiness.

and showing loyal love to thousands [of generations] of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments.

And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,

keeping loyal love to the thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and he does not leave utterly unpunished, punishing [the] guilt of fathers on sons and on sons of sons on third and fourth [generations]."

'Yahweh [is] {slow to anger} and great of loyal love, {forgiving} sin and rebellion; but surely he leaves nothing unpunished, visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generations.'

Please forgive the sin of this people according to the greatness of your loyal love, just as you {forgave} this people, from Egypt until now."

but showing loyal love to thousands of [those who] love me and of [those who] keep my commandments.

[So] know that Yahweh your God, he [is] God, the trustworthy God, maintaining his covenant and his loyal love with those who love him and with those who keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

"{And then} because you listen [to] these regulations and you diligently keep and you do them, then Yahweh your God will maintain his covenant and his loyal love that he swore to your ancestors.

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "[May] he be blessed by Yahweh, whose loyal love has not forsaken the living or the dead." And Naomi said to her, "The man is a close relative for us, he [is] one of our redeemers."

Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, leave! Withdraw from among the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you with them. You have shown loyal love to all the {Israelites} when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites left from among [the] Amalekites.

So you must show loyal love to your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there [is] guilt in me, [then] kill me yourself! But why should you bring me to your father?"

And not while I am still alive, will you not show the loyal love of Yahweh with me, that I may not die?

And do not cut off your loyal love from {my family} forever, not [even] when Yahweh {exterminates} each of the enemies of David from the face of the earth."

So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-Gilead and said to them, "May you be blessed by Yahweh because you did this loyal love with your lord, with Saul, and you buried him.

Now may Yahweh show loyal love and faithfulness with you. I will also show the good with you that you have done in this matter.

{Abner became very angry} at the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he said, "[Am] I the head of a dog which [is] for Judah today? Do I not continue to show loyal love with the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends? I have not let you fall into the hands of David, yet you have {accused me of sin with this woman} today.

But my loyal love shall not depart from him as I took [it] from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

Then David said, "[Is] there still anyone who [is] left for the house of Saul that I may show loyal love to him for the sake of Jonathan?"

Then the king said, "But [is] there still anyone of Saul's household that I may show the loyal love of God with him?" And Ziba said to the king, "There [is] still a son of Jonathan [who is] lame in the feet."

Then David said to him, "Don't be afraid, for {I will certainly show} loyal love to you for the sake of Jonathan your father, and I will restore to you all the lands of Saul your father. And you shall always eat food at my table."

David said, "I will show loyal love with Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father showed loyal love with me." So David sent to console him concerning his father, by the hand of his servants. And the servants of David came to the land of the {Ammonites}.

Yesterday when you came and {today}, I have caused you to wander by going with us. Now I [am] going to where I [am] going; return and let your brothers return. [May] loyal love and faithfulness [be] with you."

Absalom said to Hushai, "This [is] your loyal love with your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"

With the loyal, you act as loyal, and with the blameless, you show yourself blameless.

He makes great salvation [for] his king and shows loyal love to his anointed one, David and to his descendants forever."

Regarding the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, you shall do loyal love and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

Then Solomon said, "You have shown great loyal love with your servant David my father, as he walked before you in faithfulness and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with you. You have shown for him this great loyal love, and you have given a son to him who is sitting on his throne as [it is] this day.

and he said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no god like you in the heavens above or on the earth beneath, keeping the covenant and the loyal love for your servants who are walking before you with all their heart.

From the men of Benjamin, kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, and {even still} the majority of them {remained loyal} to the house of Saul.

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he [is] good; his loyal love [is] everlasting.

And with them [were] Heman and Jeduthun and the remainder of those chosen, who were designated by name to give thanks to Yahweh, for his loyal love [is] everlasting.

Then Solomon said to God, "You yourself have shown steadfast loyal love to David my father and have made me king in his place.

And it was the primary [duty] of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard [with] one voice, to praise and give thanks to Yahweh. And when a sound from the trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments of song was raised to Yahweh--for he [is] good, because his loyal love [is] everlasting--then the house, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a cloud.

And he said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel, there is none like you, a God in the heavens and on the earth, keeping the covenant and loyal love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart,

O Yahweh God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember the loyal love of your servant, David!"

When all the {Israelites} saw the fire come down and the glory of Yahweh upon the house, they knelt down [with their] faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to Yahweh, for [he is] good, for his loyal love [is] everlasting.

And the priests stood at their posts with the Levites, with the instruments of the song of Yahweh that King David had made to give thanks to Yahweh--for his loyal love [is] everlasting--whenever David offered praise by their hand. Now the priests sounded trumpets [standing] opposite them, and all Israel stood.

And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed singers to Yahweh [who were] giving praise to the splendor of [his] holiness when they went out before the army. And they said, "Give thanks to Yahweh, for his loyal love [is] everlasting!"

So King Joash did not remember the loyal love that Jehoiada had shown to him, and he killed his son. And as he was dying he said, "May Yahweh see and avenge!"

Now the remainder of the words of Hezekiah and his loyal love, behold, they are written in the visions of Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, upon the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Now the remainder of the words of Josiah and his loyal love [for] what is written in the law of Yahweh

And they {sang responsively}, with praising and thanksgiving to Yahweh [saying], "For he is good, for his loyal love is everlasting for Israel." And all of the people responded with a great shout of joyful acclaim in praise to Yahweh because the house of Yahweh was laid.

and who extended to me loyal love before the king and his counselors, and before all of the mighty officials of the king. I took courage, for the hand of Yahweh my God was upon me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.

For we are slaves and in our bondage our God did not forsake us, and he has extended to us loyal love in the presence of the kings of Persia, to give to us deliverance [and] to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judea and Jerusalem.

I said, "O Yahweh God of the heavens, the great and awesome one who keeps the covenant and loyal love for the ones who love him and for those who keep his commands.

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion {determined} to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger}, abundant in loyal love, so you did not abandon them.

"And now our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God who keeps [his] covenant and loyal love, do not belittle in your presence all of the hardship that is found in us, our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all of our people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

Remember me, my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my loyal acts which I have done in the house of my God and in his service.

And then I told two Levites that they must purify themselves and come to guard the gates in order to consecrate the day of the Sabbath. Remember this also, my God, and take pity on me according to the greatness of your loyal love.

"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

You have granted me life and loyal love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

Whether as {correction} or for his land, or as loyal love, he lets it happen.

Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them].

To [the] loyal you show yourself loyal. To [the] blameless you show yourself blameless.

the one who makes great victories for his king, and [who] shows loyal love for his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.

Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will stay in the house of Yahweh {for a very long time}.

Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions. According to your loyal love remember me [if] you [will], for the sake of your goodness, O Yahweh.

All the paths of Yahweh [are] loyal love and faithfulness for those who keep his covenant and statutes.

Because your loyal love [is] before my eyes, and I walk about in your faithfulness.

I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love. Because you have seen my misery, you know the distresses of my life.

Shine your face upon your servant. Save me by your loyal love.

Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city.

Many are [the] pains of the wicked, but [for] the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him.

[He] loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loyal love of Yahweh.

Behold, the eye of Yahweh [is] on those who fear him, on those who hope for his loyal love

Let your loyal love, O Yahweh, be upon us, {even as} we hope in you.

O Yahweh, your loyal love [extends] into [the] heavens, your faithfulness unto [the] clouds.

How precious [is] your loyal love, O God, and the children of humankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Prolong your loyal love to those who know you, and your righteousness to [the] upright of heart.

Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness from [the] great congregation.

As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.

By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

Rise up! [Be a] help for us, and redeem us for the sake of your loyal love.

We have pondered your loyal love, O God, in the midst of your temple.

"Gather to me my loyal ones, [those] who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.

But I [am] like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.

He will send from heaven and save me; he will reproach [the] one who tramples me. Selah God will send his loyal love and his faithfulness.

Because your loyal love [is] high to [the] heavens, and your faithfulness to [the] clouds.

My God of loyal love will meet me; God will cause me to look [in triumph] on my enemies.

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

O my strength, to you I will give praise, because God [is] my [high] stronghold, my God of loyal love.

May he live forever in the presence of God. Appoint loyal love and faithfulness to preserve him.

And to you [belongs] loyal love, O Lord, because you will render to each according to his work.

Because your loyal love [is] better than life, my lips will praise you.

Blessed be God, who has not turned aside my prayer, or his loyal love from me.

But as for me, my prayer [is] to you, O Yahweh, for a favorable time, O God, according to the abundance of your loyal love. Answer me with the faithfulness of your salvation.

Answer me, O Yahweh, because your loyal love [is] good; according to your abundant mercies, turn to me,

Has his loyal love ceased forever? Is [his] promise ended throughout generations?

Show us, O Yahweh, your loyal love, and grant us your salvation.

Loyal love and faithfulness will meet one another; righteousness and peace will kiss.