Genesis 26:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • Gen 22:16 : 16 and 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 22:18 : 18 Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
  • Jas 2:21 : 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
  • Gen 12:4 : 4 So Abram left, just as the LORD had told him to do, and Lot went with him.(Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)
  • Gen 17:23 : 23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”
  • Ps 112:1-2 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands. 2 His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.
  • Ps 128:1-6 : 1 A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the LORD’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands! 2 You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure. 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. 4 Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way. 5 May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life, 6 and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 22:18
    78%

    18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    4I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

  • Ps 105:45
    74%

    45so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the LORD!

  • Gen 17:9
    74%

    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.

  • Gen 22:16
    74%

    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 18:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

    19I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then the LORD will give to Abraham what he promised him.”

  • Gen 26:6
    73%

    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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

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

    17He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

  • Ps 105:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    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,

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

  • Lev 26:3
    72%

    3The Benefits of Obedience“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,

  • Heb 6:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

    14saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

  • Ps 105:42
    71%

    42Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.

  • Exod 32:13
    71%

    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.’”

  • Gen 25:5
    71%

    5Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.

  • Deut 6:17
    71%

    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

  • Gen 28:4
    70%

    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 21:12
    70%

    12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

  • Gen 27:8
    70%

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Luke 1:73
    70%

    73the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

  • Gen 15:6
    70%

    6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.

  • Gal 3:6
    70%

    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

  • Gen 22:1
    70%

    1The Sacrifice of Isaac Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him,“Abraham!”“Here I am!” Abraham replied.

  • Josh 22:2
    69%

    2and told them:“You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the LORD’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.

  • Gen 35:12
    69%

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

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

    24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”

  • Ps 105:6
    69%

    6O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

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

  • Heb 11:18
    69%

    18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

  • Jer 11:4
    69%

    4Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors to keep when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. I said at that time,“Obey me and carry out the terms of the covenant exactly as I commanded you. If you do, you will be my people and I will be your God.

  • Jer 7:23
    69%

    23I also explicitly commanded them:“Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”

  • Lev 26:42
    69%

    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.

  • Rom 4:3
    69%

    3For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

  • Deut 4:5
    69%

    5Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.