Hebrews 6:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Luke 1:73 : 73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
  • Gen 22:15-18 : 15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies; 18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth 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 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
  • Jer 22:5 : 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
  • Ezek 32:13 : 13 I will destroy also all its beasts from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them anymore, nor the hooves of beasts trouble them.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
  • Heb 6:16-18 : 16 For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute. 17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath: 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:

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  • Heb 6:14-18
    5 verses
    81%

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

    15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

    16 For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute.

    17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

    18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:

  • Gen 22:16
    79%

    16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

  • Luke 1:73
    78%

    73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

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

    16 Even the covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    17 And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Ps 105:9
    76%

    9 The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

    24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gal 3:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.

    16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

    17 And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

    18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

  • Heb 7:6
    72%

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

  • Heb 6:12
    72%

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

  • Heb 7:20
    72%

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

  • Heb 11:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

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

    9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  • Deut 29:13
    71%

    13 That he may establish you today as a people for himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11 Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

  • Gen 24:9
    71%

    9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

  • Gal 3:6
    71%

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

  • Gen 17:9
    71%

    9 And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Rom 4:13
    70%

    13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

  • Ps 105:42
    70%

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

  • Acts 7:17
    70%

    17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Exod 32:13
    70%

    13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • Gen 26:5
    70%

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

  • Gen 24:3
    70%

    3 and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

  • Gen 17:2
    70%

    2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

  • Gen 31:53
    70%

    53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 17:19
    70%

    19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

  • Gen 15:6
    69%

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

  • Deut 6:13
    69%

    13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

  • Rom 9:9
    69%

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

  • Gen 18:18
    69%

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

  • Rev 10:6
    69%

    6 And swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no more delay.

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5 And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • Gal 3:9
    69%

    9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

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

  • Rom 4:16
    69%

    16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

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