Hebrews 7:2

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Hebrews 7:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2 and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”

3 Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

4 Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.

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Genesis 28:22

And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

Leviticus 27:32

Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

Numbers 18:21

Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

1 Samuel 8:15

He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

1 Samuel 8:17

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

2 Samuel 8:15

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

1 Kings 4:24

For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates —over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

1 Kings 4:25

Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

1 Chronicles 22:9

But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

Psalms 45:4

In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

Psalms 45:5

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Psalms 45:6

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalms 45:7

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

Psalms 72:1

Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

Psalms 72:2

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

Psalms 72:3

May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

Psalms 72:7

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

Psalms 85:10

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Psalms 85:11

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

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.

Isaiah 45:24

Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

Isaiah 45:25

In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 23:6

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Jeremiah 33:15

In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 33:16

In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Micah 5:5

And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

Romans 3:26

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 5:2

through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:14

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

Ephesians 2:15

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

Ephesians 2:16

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

Ephesians 2:17

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Ephesians 2:18

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.