Hebrews 6:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

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  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
  • Ps 110:4 : 4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.
  • Gen 26:28 : 28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
  • Exod 22:11 : 11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
  • Job 23:13-14 : 13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul. 14 For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
  • Ps 36:8 : 8 The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:
  • Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This is the purpose for all the earth: and this is the hand stretched out over all nations. 27 For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
  • Isa 54:9-9 : 9 For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you. 10 For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
  • Jer 33:20-21 : 20 The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times, 21 Then my agreement with my servant David may be broken, so that he no longer has a son to take his place on the seat of the kingdom; and my agreement with the Levites, the priests, my servants.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 25 The Lord has said, If I have not made day and night, and if the limits of heaven and earth have not been fixed by me, 26 Then I will give up caring for the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.
  • John 10:10 : 10 The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 6:18-19
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    18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

    19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

  • Heb 6:11-16
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    11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

    12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

    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.

    15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

    16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    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;

  • Heb 7:19-22
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    19 (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

    20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

    22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    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;

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

  • Gal 3:15
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    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

  • Heb 8:6-7
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    6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

    7 For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

    18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

  • Heb 10:23
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    23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

  • Gen 17:7
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    7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

  • Gen 22:16
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    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,

  • Rom 4:20-21
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    20 Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

    21 And being certain that God was able to keep his word.

  • Heb 6:3-4
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    3 Now we will do this, if God lets us.

    4 As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Heb 11:17
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    17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

  • Heb 10:15
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    15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

  • Heb 10:36
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    36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

  • Heb 12:26-27
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    26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

    27 And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

  • Deut 29:14
    69%

    14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;

  • Exod 6:4
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    4 And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.

  • 2 Cor 1:20
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    20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

  • Heb 7:6-7
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    6 But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

    7 But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6 So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

  • Mic 7:20
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    20 You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.

  • Heb 3:18
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    18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

  • Heb 11:40
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    40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

  • Deut 29:12
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    12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

  • Heb 11:2
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    2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.

  • Heb 7:17
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    17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Jas 5:12
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    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.