Hebrews 6:13

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Hebrews 6:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

12 Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

13 When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

14 saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”

15 And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.

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Hebrews 6:16

Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Hebrews 6:18

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Genesis 22:15

And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

Genesis 22:16

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 22:18

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Ezekiel 32:13

I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.

Psalms 105:9

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

Psalms 105:10

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

Isaiah 45:23

By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

Jeremiah 49:13

For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”

Micah 7:20

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Luke 1:73

the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us