Luke 1:72

God's salvation flows from His mercy and faithfulness to the covenant He made with the patriarchs. It matters because our hope rests on God's reliable promises, not our merit.

Cross-references · 18

• Heb 6:13–18For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
• Lev 26:42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
• Mic 7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
• Ps 106:45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Rom 11:28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
• Gen 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 26:4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
• Luke 1:54–55He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
• Ezek 16:60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
• Ps 105:8–10He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
• Acts 3:25–26Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Gal 3:15–17Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
• Ps 98:3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Ps 111:5He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
• Gen 17:4–9As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
• Gen 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Ezek 16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

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