Hebrews 6:13

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Luke 1:73 : 73 An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,
  • Gen 22:15-18 : 15 And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens, 16 and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one -- 17 that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which `is' on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies; 18 and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
  • Ps 105:9-9 : 9 That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, 10 And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during,
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.
  • Jer 22:5 : 5 And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling -- is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.
  • Ezek 32:13 : 13 And I have destroyed all her beasts, From beside many waters, And trouble them not doth a foot of man any more, Yea, the hoofs of beasts trouble them not.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
  • Heb 6:16-18 : 16 for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath, 17 in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath, 18 that through two immutable things, in which `it is' impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before `us',

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 6:14-18
    5 verses
    81%

    14saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

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

    16for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath,

    17in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

    18that through two immutable things, in which `it is' impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before `us',

  • Gen 22:16
    79%

    16and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --

  • Luke 1:73
    78%

    73An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac,

    17And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during.

  • Ps 105:9
    76%

    9That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'

    24And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.'

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Gal 3:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15Brethren, as a man I say `it', even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

    16and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

    17and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,

    18for if by law `be' the inheritance, `it is' no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant `it'.

  • Heb 7:6
    72%

    6and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,

  • Heb 6:12
    72%

    12that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

  • Heb 7:20
    72%

    20And inasmuch as `it is' not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests,

  • Heb 11:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8By 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;

    9by 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,

  • Deut 29:13
    71%

    13in order to establish thee to-day to Him for a people, and He Himself is thy God, as He hath spoken to thee, and as He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11By 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;

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

  • Gen 24:9
    71%

    9And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.

  • Gal 3:6
    71%

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

  • Gen 17:9
    71%

    9And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;

  • Rom 4:13
    70%

    13For 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 4:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Ps 105:42
    70%

    42For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant,

  • Acts 7:17
    70%

    17`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Exod 32:13
    70%

    13`Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;'

  • Gen 26:5
    70%

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

  • Gen 24:3
    70%

    3and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

  • Gen 17:2
    70%

    2and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'

  • Gen 31:53
    70%

    53the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 17:19
    70%

    19and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

  • Gen 15:6
    69%

    6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

  • Deut 6:13
    69%

    13Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

  • Rom 9:9
    69%

    9for the word of promise `is' this; `According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

  • Gen 18:18
    69%

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

  • Rev 10:6
    69%

    6and did swear in Him who doth live to the ages of the ages, who did create the heaven and the things in it, and the land and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it -- that time shall not be yet,

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

  • Gal 3:9
    69%

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

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

    4and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;

  • Rom 4:16
    69%

    16Because 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,