Genesis 15:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 2:23 : 23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.
  • Gal 3:6-9 : 6 according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness; 7 know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham, 8 and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham -- 9 `Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham, 10 for as many as are of works of law are under a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed `is' every one who is not remaining in all things that have been written in the Book of the Law -- to do them,' 11 and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;' 12 and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.' 13 Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,' 14 that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' 4 and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt; 5 and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness: 6 even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:
  • Rom 4:9 : 9 `Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
  • Rom 4:20-25 : 20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God, 21 and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do: 22 wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness. 23 And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him, 24 but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
  • Ps 106:31 : 31 And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.
  • 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
    87%

    6 according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

    7 know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,

    8 and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --

    9 `Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

  • Rom 4:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2 for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

    3 for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'

  • Rom 4:16-24
    9 verses
    82%

    16 Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

    17 who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- `A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

    18 Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;'

    19 and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

    20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

    21 and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:

    22 wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

    23 And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,

    24 but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

  • Ps 106:31
    79%

    31 And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.

  • Jas 2:21-24
    4 verses
    79%

    21 Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

    23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

    24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

  • Gen 15:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 And He saith unto him, `I `am' Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

    8 and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

  • Gen 15:5
    77%

    5 and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

  • Rom 4:9-13
    5 verses
    76%

    9 `Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?

    10 how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

    11 and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

    12 and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that `is' in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

    13 For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

  • Rom 4:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

    6 even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

  • Heb 11:6-9
    4 verses
    73%

    6 and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

    7 By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

    8 By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

    9 by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

  • Heb 11:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17 By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

    18 of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

    19 reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive `him'.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11 By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

  • Heb 6:15
    71%

    15 and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

  • Rom 1:17
    70%

    17 For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

  • Gen 26:5
    70%

    5 because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

  • Gen 18:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

    19 for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

  • Rom 9:30
    70%

    30 What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith,

  • Neh 9:8
    69%

    8 and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give `it' to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou `art' righteous,

  • Heb 6:13
    69%

    13 For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

  • Heb 11:2
    69%

    2 for in this were the elders testified of;

  • Gen 15:1
    69%

    1 After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'