Hebrews 6:13
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
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- Luke 1:73 : 73 the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
- Gen 22:15-18 : 15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky, 16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. 18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
- Ps 105:9-9 : 9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, 10 and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; 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 will not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
- Jer 22:5 : 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
- Jer 49:13 : 13 For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, 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 animals from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of animals trouble them.
- Mic 7:20 : 20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- Heb 6:16-18 : 16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
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- Heb 6:14-185 verses81%
14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
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16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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73 the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,
- 1 Chr 16:16-172 verses77%
16 [the covenant] which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
17 He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
- Gen 21:23-242 verses76%
23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
24 Abraham said, "I will swear."
- Heb 11:17-182 verses75%
17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"
- Gal 3:15-184 verses74%
15 Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.
17 Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
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6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
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12 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.
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20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
- Heb 11:8-92 verses71%
8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
9 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
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13 that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
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3 Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
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9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
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6 Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."
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9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
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13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
- Rom 4:20-212 verses70%
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
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42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
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17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
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5 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
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3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
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2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
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53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
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19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
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6 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
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13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
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9 For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
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18 since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
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6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,
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5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.
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9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
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4 I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.
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16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.