Genesis 26:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 22:16 : 16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
  • Gen 22:18 : 18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
  • Jas 2:21 : 21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?
  • Gen 12:4 : 4 So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
  • Gen 17:23 : 23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws. 2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
  • Ps 128:1-6 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways. 2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you. 3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table. 4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord. 5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 22:18
    78%

    18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

  • Ps 105:45
    74%

    45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Gen 17:9
    74%

    9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

  • Gen 22:16
    74%

    16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

  • Gen 18:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

    19 For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

  • Gen 26:6
    73%

    6 So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Ps 105:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

  • Lev 26:3
    72%

    3 If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

  • Heb 6:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

    14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Ps 105:42
    71%

    42 For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

  • Exod 32:13
    71%

    13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

  • Gen 25:5
    71%

    5 Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

  • Deut 6:17
    71%

    17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

  • Gen 28:4
    70%

    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 21:12
    70%

    12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

  • Gen 27:8
    70%

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Luke 1:73
    70%

    73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

  • Gen 15:6
    70%

    6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Gal 3:6
    70%

    6 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

  • Josh 22:2
    69%

    2 And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:

  • Gen 35:12
    69%

    12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Ps 105:6
    69%

    6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

    4 And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.

  • Heb 11:18
    69%

    18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • Jer 11:4
    69%

    4 To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:

  • Jer 7:23
    69%

    23 But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.

  • Lev 26:42
    69%

    42 Then I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.

  • Rom 4:3
    69%

    3 But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Deut 4:5
    69%

    5 I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.