Genesis 28:15

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Genesis 28:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

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Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

Genesis 28:21

so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.

Genesis 26:24

and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

Genesis 31:3

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 32:9

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

Genesis 39:2

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

Genesis 39:21

the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

Genesis 46:4

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

Exodus 3:12

“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

Judges 6:16

“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”

Psalms 46:7

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Psalms 46:11

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Matthew 28:20

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

1 Timothy 4:8

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

Psalms 121:5

The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

Psalms 121:6

The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

Psalms 121:7

The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

Psalms 121:8

The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Genesis 35:6

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:7

There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Joshua 1:5

No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

1 Kings 8:57

May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

John 10:29

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:6

So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Joshua 23:14

Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Joshua 23:15

But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

Joshua 23:16

If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.