Hebrews 6:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:9 : 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 6:18 : 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',
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 Many `are' the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.
  • Ps 110:4 : 4 Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou `art' a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
  • Heb 11:7 : 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.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with `them', according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
  • Gen 26:28 : 28 And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
  • Exod 22:11 : 11 an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;
  • Job 23:13-14 : 13 And He `is' in one `mind', And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it'. 14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things `are' with Him.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
  • Ps 36:8 : 8 They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought -- so hath it not been? And as I counselled -- it standeth;
  • Isa 14:26-27 : 26 This `is' the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this `is' the hand that is stretched out for all the nations. 27 For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?'
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
  • Isa 54:9-9 : 9 For, the waters of Noah `is' this to Me, In that I have sworn -- the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth -- So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee. 10 For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- Jehovah.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that `for' which I sent it.
  • Jer 33:20-21 : 20 `Thus said Jehovah: If ye do break My covenant of the day, And My covenant of the night, So that they are not daily and nightly in their season, 21 Also My covenant is broken with David My servant, So that he hath not a son reigning on his throne, And with the Levites the priests, My ministers.
  • Jer 33:25-26 : 25 Thus said Jehovah: If My covenant `is' not daily and nightly, The statutes of heaven and earth I have not appointed -- 26 Also the seed of Jacob, and David My servant, I reject, Against taking from his seed rulers For the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, For I turn back `to' their captivity, and have pitied them.'
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I `am' Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
  • John 10:10 : 10 `The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have `it' abundantly.
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ -- if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 for unrepented of `are' the gifts and the calling of God;
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 and if ye `are' of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.
  • Heb 6:16 : 16 for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 6:18-19
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    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',

    19 which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail,

  • Heb 6:11-16
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    11 and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Heb 7:19-22
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    19 (for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

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

    21 and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, `The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

    22 by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

  • Ps 105:9-10
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    75%

    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,

  • 73 An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

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

  • Heb 8:6-7
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    6 and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

    7 for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

  • Gal 3:17-18
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    17 and 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,

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

  • 23 may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful `is' He who did promise),

  • 7 `And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;

  • 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 --

  • Rom 4:20-21
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    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:

  • Heb 6:3-4
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    3 and this we will do, if God may permit,

    4 for `it is' impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit,

  • 28 for the law doth appoint men chief priests, having infirmity, but the word of the oath that `is' after the law `appointeth' the Son -- to the age having been perfected.

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

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

  • 4 to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

  • 15 and testify to us also doth the Holy Spirit, for after that He hath said before,

  • 36 for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

  • Heb 12:26-27
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    26 whose voice the earth shook then, and now hath he promised, saying, `Yet once -- I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven;'

    27 and this -- `Yet once' -- doth make evident the removal of the things shaken, as of things having been made, that the things not shaken may remain;

  • 14 `And not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath;

  • 4 and 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;

  • 20 for as many as `are' promises of God, in him `are' the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;

  • Heb 7:6-7
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    6 and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,

    7 and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

  • 6 since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --

  • 20 Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!

  • 18 and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --

  • 40 God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

  • 12 for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;

  • 2 for in this were the elders testified of;

  • 17 for He doth testify -- `Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

  • 12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.