Hebrews 6:18

By two unchangeable things, God's promise and his oath, in which he cannot lie, believers have strong encouragement to hold fast their hope. God's truthfulness makes our hope unshakable.

Cross-references · 40

• Num 23:19God 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?
• Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
• 1 Sam 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
• 2 Tim 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• Rom 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Josh 20:3so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
• Isa 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
• Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
• 1 Jn 1:10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
• Heb 12:1–2Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
• Zech 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
• Num 35:11–15designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
• 1 Tim 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
• Isa 56:4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
• Prov 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Heb 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
• Rom 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
• 2 Cor 1:5–7For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
• 1 Kgs 2:28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
• Isa 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
• Rom 15:5Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
• Ps 110:4The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
• 1 Jn 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
• 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
• Col 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Gen 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
• Isa 66:10–13Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
• 1 Th 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
• Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Col 1:27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
• Heb 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
• Isa 27:5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
• Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
• Col 1:5the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
• 2 Cor 5:18–21All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
• Prov 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
• Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
• Heb 7:21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
• Matt 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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