Hebrews 6:17

God confirmed his promise to the heirs with an oath to show the unchangeable nature of his purpose. He went beyond his bare word to assure believers of his fixed intent.

Cross-references · 30

• Prov 19:21There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.
• Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
• Isa 55:11so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
• Isa 14:24Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
• Heb 11:9By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
• Ps 110:4Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
• John 10:10The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
• Ps 33:11The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
• Rom 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
• Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
• 1 Pet 3:7You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.
• Gal 3:29If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
• Job 23:13–14But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
• Heb 6:16For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Isa 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
• Heb 6:12that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
• Mal 3:6“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
• Heb 11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Isa 14:26–27This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
• Jer 33:25–26Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
• Isa 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
• Exod 22:11the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn’t put his hand to his neighbor’s goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
• Isa 54:9–10“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
• Jer 33:20–21“Yahweh says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;
• Song 5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
• Rom 8:17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
• Gen 26:28They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
• Ps 36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

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