Hebrews 6:13

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For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

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  • Luke 1:73 : 73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us:
  • Gen 22:15-18 : 15 Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 16 and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I 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. 18 And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'
  • Ps 105:9-9 : 9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.
  • Jer 22:5 : 5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by Myself—declares the LORD—that this palace will become a ruin.
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For by myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a waste, and a curse. All her cities will become perpetual ruins.
  • Ezek 32:13 : 13 I will destroy all its cattle beside many waters, so no human foot will stir them up again, nor will the hooves of cattle stir them up.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as You promised to our fathers in days of old.
  • Heb 6:16-18 : 16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 6:14-18
    5 verses
    81%

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

    15And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.

    16People swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.

    17Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

    18So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

  • Gen 22:16
    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,

  • Luke 1:73
    78%

    73the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us:

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

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

    17He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

  • Ps 105:9
    76%

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

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    24Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

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

  • Gal 3:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life: Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly ratified, so it is in this case.

    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.

    17This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

    18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

  • Heb 7:6
    72%

    6But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

  • Heb 6:12
    72%

    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • Heb 7:20
    72%

    20And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

  • Heb 11:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

  • Deut 29:13
    71%

    13It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 24:9
    71%

    9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

  • Gal 3:6
    71%

    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

  • Gen 17:9
    71%

    9Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

  • Rom 4:13
    70%

    13For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20He did not waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

    21being fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised.

  • Ps 105:42
    70%

    42For he remembered his holy promise given to Abraham his servant.

  • Acts 7:17
    70%

    17As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

  • Exod 32:13
    70%

    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.'

  • Gen 26:5
    70%

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

  • Gen 24:3
    70%

    3I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

  • Gen 17:2
    70%

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

  • Gen 31:53
    70%

    53May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.' So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 17:19
    70%

    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 15:6
    69%

    6Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

  • Deut 6:13
    69%

    13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

  • Rom 9:9
    69%

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

  • Gen 18:18
    69%

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

  • Rev 10:6
    69%

    6He swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it, that there would be no more delay.

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

  • Gal 3:9
    69%

    9So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as strangers.

  • Rom 4:16
    69%

    16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.