1 Chronicles 16:17

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He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:11-12 : 11 Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants! 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”
  • Exod 3:17 : 17 and I have promised that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
  • Josh 24:11-13 : 11 You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you. 12 I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. 13 I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’
  • 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.
  • Ps 78:10 : 10 They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
  • Jer 11:2 : 2 “Hear the terms of the covenant I made with Israel and pass them on to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Benediction and Conclusion Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus,
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 105:8-11
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    8He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–

    9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

    10He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

    11saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • 1 Chr 16:15-16
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    15Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations–

    16the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    81%

    18saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • Exod 6:4
    76%

    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

  • Ps 78:5
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    5He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

  • Gen 17:7-9
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    7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

    9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

  • Exod 31:16
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    16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

  • Ps 147:19
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    19He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.

  • Ps 81:4
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    4For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

  • Deut 29:12-14
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    12so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

    13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

    14It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”

  • Mic 7:20
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    20You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.

  • Isa 34:17
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    17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

  • Deut 33:4
    72%

    4Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

  • Lev 26:42
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    42I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

  • 1 Chr 17:22
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    22You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.

  • Deut 26:18
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    18And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

  • Ezek 16:60
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    60Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you.

  • Ps 136:21-22
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    72%

    21and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures,

    22as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,

  • Gen 26:3
    72%

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Gen 35:12
    72%

    12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”

  • Ps 135:12
    72%

    12He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.

  • Gal 3:17
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    17What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

  • 2 Sam 7:24
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    24You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O LORD, became their God.

  • Ps 135:4
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    4Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

  • Exod 34:27
    71%

    27The LORD said to Moses,“Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

  • Gen 26:28
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    28They replied,“We could plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us– between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

  • Exod 6:8
    71%

    8I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob– and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’”

  • Ezek 16:62
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    62I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Gen 22:16
    71%

    16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • Gen 26:5
    71%

    5All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

  • Gen 17:19
    71%

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Deut 5:2
    71%

    2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

  • Neh 9:8
    70%

    8When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.

  • Gen 15:18
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    18That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–