Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible






What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Who is like to the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:




Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee, and to thy seed I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father;

And they rose betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.

This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.

Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath to Isaac;

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:


(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth)



For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.




And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest thou?




For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.




But if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.


The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee, and to thy seed I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father;

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only son:

And Joseph said to his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,



And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest thou?




For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.




But if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.


The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be food for thy enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored:

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.


And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only son:

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)


For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.










The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall raise a shout against thee.

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.

For the law maketh men high priests who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.


And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only son:

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

The LORD hath sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

And swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the earth, and the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things which are in it, that there should be time no longer:

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)


The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be food for thy enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored:

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.


And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only son:

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)



And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only son:

Say to them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:



By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:



For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.