Hebrews 7:2

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To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 28:22 : 22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”
  • Lev 27:32 : 32 All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.
  • Num 18:21 : 21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform– the service of the tent of meeting.
  • 1 Sam 8:15 : 15 He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.
  • 1 Sam 8:17 : 17 He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,
  • 1 Kgs 4:24-25 : 24 His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. 25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime.
  • 1 Chr 22:9 : 9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. Indeed, Solomon will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
  • Ps 45:4-7 : 4 Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts! 5 Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet. 6 Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice. 7 You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
  • Ps 72:1-3 : 1 For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king’s son the ability to make fair decisions! 2 Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably. 3 The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.
  • Ps 72:7 : 7 During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.
  • Ps 85:10-11 : 10 Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. 11 Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice. 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
  • Isa 45:22-25 : 22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer. 23 I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm; 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him. 25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the LORD and will boast in him.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 “I, the LORD, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land. 6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by:‘The LORD has provided us with justice.’
  • Jer 33:15-16 : 15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David.“‘He will do what is just and right in the land. 16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called“The LORD has provided us with justice.”
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders.
  • Luke 2:14 : 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.
  • Rom 5:1-2 : 1 The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.
  • Eph 2:14-18 : 14 For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility, 15 when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace, 16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, 18 so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 7:1
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    1 The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.

  • Heb 7:3-11
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    81%

    3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

    4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

    5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.

    6 But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

    7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

    8 and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

    9 And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

    10 For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.

    11 Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood– for on that basis the people received the law– what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

  • Gen 14:17-22
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    17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh(known as the King’s Valley).

    18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.(Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

    19 He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

    20 Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

    21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram,“Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

    22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom,“I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow

  • Heb 7:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

    16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

    17 For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Heb 5:10
    72%

    10 and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    69%

    20 And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

    21 but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–

  • Heb 5:6
    69%

    6 as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Neh 10:37
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    37 We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work.

  • Ps 110:4
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    4 The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

  • Gen 28:22
    68%

    22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”

  • Heb 6:20
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    20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Num 25:12
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    12 Therefore, announce:‘I am going to give to him my covenant of peace.

  • Lev 7:14
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    14 He must present one of each kind of grain offering as a contribution offering to the LORD; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering.

  • Gen 14:1
    68%

    1 The Blessing of Victory for God’s People At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

  • Gen 25:5
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    5 Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.

  • Num 18:28
    67%

    28 Thus you are to offer up a raised offering to the LORD of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and you must give the LORD’s raised offering from it to Aaron the priest.

  • Heb 13:20
    67%

    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,

  • Ps 76:2
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    2 He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

  • Deut 18:4
    67%

    4 You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.

  • Lev 27:32
    67%

    32 All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.

  • Gen 21:27
    66%

    27 Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
    66%

    15 He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.

  • Num 18:26
    66%

    26 “You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them,‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up from it as a raised offering to the LORD a tenth of the tithe.

  • Num 18:21
    66%

    21 See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform– the service of the tent of meeting.

  • Ps 105:9
    66%

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

  • Lev 7:11
    66%

    11 The Peace Offering“‘This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he is to present to the LORD.

  • Heb 10:9
    66%

    9 then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    66%

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

  • Gal 3:6
    66%

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

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