Genesis 17:9

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Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

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  • Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
  • Ps 103:18 : 18 With those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
  • Isa 56:4-5 : 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant, 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 17:10-11
    2 verses
    89%

    10This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

    11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.

  • Gen 17:4-8
    5 verses
    88%

    4"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

    5No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.

    6I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

    7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  • Gen 17:19
    82%

    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 17:2
    79%

    2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    79%

    16and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

    17I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

  • Gen 9:9
    79%

    9'Behold, I am establishing My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,

  • Gen 26:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

    4I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

    5This is because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My instructions.

  • Ps 105:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations.

    9The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.

  • Gen 17:21
    77%

    21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gen 28:4
    77%

    4May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

  • Gen 13:15
    77%

    15For all the land you see, I will give to you and your descendants forever.

  • Gen 35:12
    76%

    12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and I will also give it to your descendants after you.

  • Exod 32:13
    76%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'

  • 1 Chr 16:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Remember his covenant forever, the word he commanded for a thousand generations.

    16The covenant he made with Abraham, and the oath he swore to Isaac.

  • Acts 3:25
    75%

    25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham: 'Through your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

  • Gen 17:15
    75%

    15Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

  • Gen 17:13
    75%

    13Every male born in your household or bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus, My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

  • Gal 3:16
    74%

    16Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ.

  • Gen 18:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

    19For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.

  • Heb 11:18
    74%

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Gen 9:12
    74%

    12And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:

  • Gen 28:14
    74%

    14Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.

  • Luke 1:55
    74%

    55just as He spoke to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants forever.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23On that very day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and circumcised them, as God had told him.

    24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Heb 6:14
    73%

    14saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • Gen 21:23
    73%

    23Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

  • Gen 15:3
    73%

    3And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

  • Gen 15:5
    73%

    5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."

  • Rom 9:9
    73%

    9For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

  • Rom 9:7
    73%

    7Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.'