Psalms 105:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 17:2 : 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Gen 26:3 : 3 sojourn 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;
Gen 22:16-18 : 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.
Gen 12:7 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Neh 9:8 : 8 and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
Acts 7:8 : 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
Gal 3:17 : 17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, {G1519} {G5547} the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
Heb 6:17 : 17 Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 16:15-17
3 verses
89%
15Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
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,
Ps 105:10-11
2 verses
85%
10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
Ps 105:8
83%
8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Luke 1:72-73
2 verses
80%
72To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
73The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,
Ps 105:42
79%
42For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
Gen 17:9-10
2 verses
77%
9And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.
Gen 17:19
76%
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.
Heb 6:13
76%
13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
Gen 17:21
76%
21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Heb 6:17
75%
17Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
Deut 29:12-14
3 verses
75%
12that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
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.
14Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
Neh 9:8
75%
8and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
Exod 6:4
74%
4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.
Gen 17:7
74%
7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Luke 1:55
74%
55(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and {G4690} his seed for ever.
Gen 22:16
74%
16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Gen 9:9
74%
9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Gen 26:3
74%
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;
Gen 26:28
74%
28And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
Ps 105:6
74%
6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Heb 11:17-18
2 verses
73%
17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son];
18[None even he] to whom it was said, {G3754} In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Exod 32:13
73%
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.
Ps 89:3
73%
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:
Gen 21:23-24
2 verses
73%
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.
Deut 5:2
73%
2Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Gen 17:4
73%
4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 35:12
72%
12and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Gen 26:5
72%
5because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Lev 26:42
72%
42then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Gen 17:2
72%
2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Heb 11:9
72%
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:
Mic 7:20
72%
20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Gen 25:19
72%
19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
Gen 25:5
72%
5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
Josh 24:3
72%
3And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Gen 31:53
72%
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.
Acts 7:8
72%
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
Ps 89:35
72%
35Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
Gen 21:5
71%
5And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Mal 2:5
71%
5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.