Hebrews 7:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you give me I will surely give the tenth to you.
  • Lev 27:32 : 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to 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 a tenth of your grain, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
  • 1 Sam 8:17 : 17 He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 And David reigned over all Israel, and David executed judgment and justice for all his people.
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He who rules 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 of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River: and he had peace on all sides around 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 you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him peace from all his enemies around: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
  • Ps 45:4-7 : 4 And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you awesome things. 5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you. 6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
  • Ps 72:1-3 : 1 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, through righteousness.
  • Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace as long as the moon endures.
  • Ps 85:10-11 : 10 Mercy and truth have 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 to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will 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 now on even forever. 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 with justice. 2 And a man shall be like a shelter from the wind, and a refuge from the storm; like rivers of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Isa 45:22-25 : 22 Look to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. 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. 24 Surely, they shall say, In the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him shall men come; and all who are incensed against Him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will raise up to 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 by which he shall be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Jer 33:15-16 : 15 In those days, and at that time, I will 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 by which she shall be called, The LORD our Righteousness.
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian comes into our land and when he treads in our palaces. Then we shall raise against him seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 5:1-2 : 1 Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
  • Eph 2:14-18 : 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has 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, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

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  • Heb 7:1
    89%

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

  • Heb 7:3-11
    9 verses
    81%

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

    4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

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

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

    7And without all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the greater.

    8And here mortal men receive tithes; but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.

    9And, as I may say, Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham.

    10For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

    11If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

  • Gen 14:17-22
    6 verses
    80%

    17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the King's Valley.

    18And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.

    19And he blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

    20And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all."

    21And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and take the goods for yourself."

    22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

  • Heb 7:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

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

    17For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:10
    72%

    10Called by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

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

    21For those priests were made without an oath; but this one with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:

  • Heb 5:6
    69%

    6As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Neh 10:37
    69%

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

  • Ps 110:4
    69%

    4The LORD has sworn and will not relent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Gen 28:22
    68%

    22And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you give me I will surely give the tenth to you.

  • Heb 6:20
    68%

    20Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, made a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Num 25:12
    68%

    12Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:

  • Lev 7:14
    68%

    14And from it he shall offer one out of the whole offering as a wave offering to the LORD, and it shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

  • Gen 14:1
    68%

    1And 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 to Isaac.

  • Num 18:28
    67%

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

  • Heb 13:20
    67%

    20Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, 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 firstfruits of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

  • Lev 27:32
    67%

    32And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD.

  • Gen 21:27
    66%

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

  • 1 Sam 8:15
    66%

    15And he will take a tenth of your grain, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.

  • Num 18:26
    66%

    26Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a 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%

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

  • Lev 7:11
    66%

    11And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer to the LORD.

  • Heb 10:9
    66%

    9Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    66%

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

  • Gal 3:6
    66%

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