Hebrews 6:13
For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
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- Luke 1:73 : 73 The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,
- Gen 22:15-18 : 15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Ps 105:9-9 : 9 [ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
- Jer 22:5 : 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
- Jer 49:13 : 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
- Ezek 32:13 : 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
- Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
- Heb 6:16-18 : 16 For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
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- Heb 6:14-185 verses81%
14saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
17Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
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16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
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73The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,
- 1 Chr 16:16-172 verses77%
16[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
17And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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9[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
- Gen 21:23-242 verses76%
23now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24And Abraham said, I will swear.
- Heb 11:17-182 verses75%
17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;
18[ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
- Gal 3:15-184 verses74%
15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.
16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.
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6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
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12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath
- Heb 11:8-92 verses71%
8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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13that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:
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3sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
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9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.
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6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
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9And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
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13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
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20yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
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42For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
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17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
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5because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
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3and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
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2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
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53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. [
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6And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
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13Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.
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9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
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18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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6and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:
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5and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
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9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
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4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
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16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all