Genesis 26:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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  • Gen 22:16 : 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
  • Gen 22:18 : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
  • Jas 2:21 : 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
  • Gen 12:4 : 4 ¶ So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
  • Gen 17:23 : 23 ¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
  • Ps 128:1-6 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee. 3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 ‹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach› [them], ‹the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.›
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 ‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:›
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 ¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 22:18
    78%

    18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

    4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Ps 105:45
    74%

    45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

  • Gen 17:9
    74%

    9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

  • Gen 22:16
    74%

    16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

  • Gen 18:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

    19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  • Gen 26:6
    73%

    6¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16[Even of the covenant] which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

    17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,

  • Ps 105:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

    10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

  • Lev 26:3
    72%

    3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

  • Heb 6:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

    14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

  • Ps 105:42
    71%

    42For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.

  • Exod 32:13
    71%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.

  • Gen 25:5
    71%

    5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

  • Deut 6:17
    71%

    17¶ Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

  • Gen 28:4
    70%

    4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

  • Gen 21:12
    70%

    12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

  • Gen 27:8
    70%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

  • Luke 1:73
    70%

    73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

  • Gen 15:6
    70%

    6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Gal 3:6
    70%

    6¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1¶ And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].

  • Josh 22:2
    69%

    2And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

  • Gen 35:12
    69%

    12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

  • Ps 105:6
    69%

    6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

    4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

  • Heb 11:18
    69%

    18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

  • Jer 11:4
    69%

    4Which I commanded your fathers in the day [that] I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

  • Jer 7:23
    69%

    23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

  • Lev 26:42
    69%

    42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

  • Rom 4:3
    69%

    3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

  • Deut 4:5
    69%

    5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.