Verse 4

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 7:17 : 17 For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  • Heb 7:21 : 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
  • Heb 5:6 : 6 As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
  • Gen 14:18 : 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.
  • Zech 6:13 : 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
  • Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • Heb 6:20-7:3 : 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 1 ¶ For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
  • Heb 7:11 : 11 ¶ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
  • Ps 89:34-36 : 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
  • Ps 132:11 : 11 ¶ The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.