Hebrews 7:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

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  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
  • Lev 27:32 : 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
  • Num 18:21 : 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • 1 Sam 8:15 : 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
  • 1 Sam 8:17 : 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 ¶ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • 1 Kgs 4:24-25 : 24 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
  • 1 Chr 22:9 : 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
  • Ps 45:4-7 : 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee. 6 ¶ Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Ps 72:1-3 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 ¶ He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
  • Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
  • Ps 85:10-11 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other]. 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Isa 45:22-25 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 24 Surely, shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Jer 33:15-16 : 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this [is the name] wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
  • Rom 5:1-2 : 1 ¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
  • Eph 2:14-18 : 14 ¶ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us]; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

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  • Heb 7:1
    89%

    1¶ For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

  • Heb 7:3-11
    9 verses
    81%

    3Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

    4Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

    5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

    6But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

    7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

    8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

    9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

    10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

    11¶ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

  • Gen 14:17-22
    6 verses
    80%

    17¶ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that [were] with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's dale.

    18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.

    19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

    20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

    21¶ And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

    22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

  • Heb 7:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

    16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

    17For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

  • Heb 5:10
    72%

    10¶ Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

  • Heb 7:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20And inasmuch as not without an oath [he was made priest]:

    21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

  • Heb 5:6
    69%

    6As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

  • Neh 10:37
    69%

    37And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

  • Ps 110:4
    69%

    4The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Gen 28:22
    68%

    22And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  • Heb 6:20
    68%

    20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

  • Num 25:12
    68%

    12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

  • Lev 7:14
    68%

    14And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation [for] an heave offering unto the LORD, [and] it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.

  • Gen 14:1
    68%

    1¶ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  • Gen 25:5
    67%

    5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

  • Num 18:28
    67%

    28Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

  • Heb 13:20
    67%

    20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

  • Ps 76:2
    67%

    2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

  • Deut 18:4
    67%

    4The firstfruit [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

  • Lev 27:32
    67%

    32And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

  • Gen 21:27
    66%

    27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
    66%

    15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

  • Num 18:26
    66%

    26Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.

  • Num 18:21
    66%

    21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Ps 105:9
    66%

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

  • Lev 7:11
    66%

    11¶ And this [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

  • Heb 10:9
    66%

    9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    66%

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

  • Gal 3:6
    66%

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