Hebrews 6:15

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

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  • Heb 6:12 : 12 Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
  • Gen 12:2-3 : 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.
  • Gen 15:2-6 : 2 Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir." 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He 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." 6 Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
  • Gen 17:16-17 : 16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her. 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
  • Gen 21:2-7 : 2 Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him. 3 Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4 Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, just as God had commanded him. 5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.' 7 And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  • Hab 2:2-3 : 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a runner may read it clearly. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.
  • Rom 4:17-25 : 17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.' 19 And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 being fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised. 22 Therefore, it was credited to him as righteousness. 23 Now the words 'it was credited to him' were not written for his sake alone, 24 but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:36-37
    2 verses
    80%

    36You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

    37For yet in a very little while, the One who is coming will come and will not delay.

  • Heb 6:11-14
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    11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

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

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

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

  • Heb 6:16-18
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    74%

    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.

  • Heb 11:39
    74%

    39And all of these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised.

  • Rom 4:18-21
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    18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'

    19And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

    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.

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    73%

    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.'

    19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death as a symbol.

  • Gen 15:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    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."

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

  • Heb 11:8-11
    4 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.

    10For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

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

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    71%

    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.

  • Jas 5:11
    70%

    11See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

  • Heb 11:2
    69%

    2For by it the ancients were commended.

  • Ps 105:9
    69%

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

  • Jas 1:3-4
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    69%

    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

    4Let perseverance complete its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

  • Rom 5:4
    69%

    4And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

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

  • Heb 11:13
    69%

    13All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Jas 1:12
    68%

    12Blessed is the one who endures trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

  • Gal 3:15
    68%

    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.

  • Heb 5:8
    68%

    8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.

  • Gen 22:16
    68%

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

  • Heb 10:23
    68%

    23Let us hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

  • Heb 7:6
    68%

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

  • Luke 1:73
    67%

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

  • Gen 21:2
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    2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

  • Rom 8:25
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    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

  • Gal 3:6
    67%

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

  • Gen 26:5
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    5This is because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My instructions.

  • Rom 15:4
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    4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

  • Gen 17:19
    67%

    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.

  • Ps 105:42
    67%

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

  • Gen 22:18
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    18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'