Hebrews 6:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,

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  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.
  • Ps 110:4 : 4 The Lord sware & wil not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer after ye order of Melchi-zedek.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him?
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed bee God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which according to his aboundant mercie hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.
  • Gen 26:28 : 28 Who answered, Wee sawe certainely that the Lorde was with thee, and wee thought thus, Let there be nowe an othe betweene vs, euen betweene vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee.
  • Exod 22:11 : 11 An oth of the Lord shalbe betweene the twaine, that hee hath not put his hande vnto his neighbours good, and the owner of it shall take the othe, and he shall not make it good:
  • Job 23:13-14 : 13 Yet he is in one minde, & who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth. 14 For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsell of the Lord shall stand for euer, and the thoughts of his heart throughout all ages.
  • Ps 36:8 : 8 They shall be satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house, and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I gathered my myrrhe with my spice: I ate mine hony combe with mine hony, I dranke my wine with my milke: eate, O friends, drinke, and make you mery, O welbeloued.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The Lorde of hostes hath sworne, saying, Surely like as I haue purposed, so shall it come to passe, and as I haue consulted, it shall stand:
  • Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This is the counsell that is consulted vpon the whole worlde, and this is the hande stretched out ouer all the nations, 27 Because the Lorde of hostes hath determined it, and who shall disanull it? and his hande is stretched out, and who shall turne it away?
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.
  • Isa 54:9-9 : 9 For this is vnto me as the waters of Noah: for as I haue sworne that the waters of Noah should no more goe ouer the earth, so haue I sworne that I would not be angrie with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountaines shall remoue and the hilles shall fall downe: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and returne vnto the Lord, and he wil haue mercy vpon him: and to our God, for hee is very ready to forgiue.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 So shall my worde be, that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not returne vnto me voyde, but it shall accomplish that which I will, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
  • Jer 33:20-21 : 20 Thus sayth the Lord, If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, that there should not be day, and night in their season, 21 Then may my couenant be broken with Dauid my seruant, that he should not haue a sonne to reigne vpon his throne, and with the Leuites, and Priests my ministers.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus sayth the Lorde, If my couenant be not with day and night, and if I haue not appointed the order of heauen and earth, 26 Then will I cast away the seede of Iaakob and Dauid my seruant, and not take of his seede to be rulers ouer the seede of Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob: for I wil cause their captiuitie to returne, and haue compassion on them.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sonnes of Iaakob are not consumed.
  • John 10:10 : 10 The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 If we be children, we are also heires, euen the heires of God, and heires annexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 For the giftes and calling of God are without repentance.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

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  • Heb 6:18-19
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    18That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

    19Which hope we haue, as an ancre of the soule, both sure and stedfast, and it entreth into that which is within the vaile,

  • Heb 6:11-16
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    11And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,

    12That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.

    13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

    14Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

    15And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

    16For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
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    16Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

    17And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Heb 7:19-22
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    19For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we drawe neere vnto God.

    20And for as much as it is not without an othe (for these are made Priestes without an othe:

    21But this is made with an othe by him that said vnto him, The Lord hath sworne, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec)

    22By so much is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament.

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:

    10And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Luke 1:73
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    73And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15Brethren, I speake as men do: though it be but a mans couenant, when it is confirmed, yet no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.

  • Heb 8:6-7
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    6But nowe our hie Priest hath obteined a more excellent office, in as much as he is the Mediatour of a better Testament, which is established vpon better promises.

    7For if that first Testament had bene vnblameable, no place should haue bene sought for the second.

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.

  • Heb 10:23
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    23And washed in our bodies with pure water, let vs keepe the profession of our hope, without wauering, (for he is faithfull that promised)

  • Gen 17:7
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    7Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • Rom 4:20-21
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    20Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

    21Being fully assured that he which had promised, was also able to doe it.

  • Heb 6:3-4
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    3And this will we doe if God permit.

    4For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost,

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the Lawe maketh men hie Priestes, which haue infirmitie: but the word of the othe that was since the Lawe, maketh the Sonne, who is consecrated for euermore.

  • Gen 17:2
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    2And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

  • Heb 11:17
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    17By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled, and that withereth not, reserued in heauen for vs,

  • Heb 10:15
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    15For the holy Ghost also beareth vs record: for after that he had sayd before,

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes.

  • Heb 12:26-27
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    26Whose voyce then shooke the earth and nowe hath declared, saying, Yet once more will I shake, not the earth onely, but also heauen.

    27And this worde, Yet once more, signifieth the remouing of those things which are shaken, as of things which are made with hands, that the things which are not shaken, may remaine.

  • Deut 29:14
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    14Neither make I this couenant, & this othe with you onely,

  • Exod 6:4
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    4Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:

  • 2 Cor 1:20
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    20For all the promises of God in him are Yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God through vs.

  • Heb 7:6-7
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    6But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

    7And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:

  • Mic 7:20
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    20Thou wilt perfourme thy trueth to Iaakob, and mercie to Abraham, as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.

  • Heb 3:18
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    18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?

  • Heb 11:40
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    40God prouiding a better thing for vs, that they without vs should not be made perfite.

  • Deut 29:12
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    12That thou shouldest passe into the couenant of the Lord thy God, & into his othe which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day,

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it our elders were wel reported of.

  • Heb 7:17
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    17For hee testifieth thus, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec.

  • Jas 5:12
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    12But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.