19 Bible Verses about God's Promises

Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones. Yahweh preserves [the] faithful but repays abundantly [the] one who acts arrogantly.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will save [me] for his heavenly kingdom, to whom [be] the glory {forever and ever}. Amen.

"You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you.

For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

Yahweh protects [the] strangers. He helps up [the] orphan and [the] widow, but [the] way of [the] wicked he {thwarts}.

He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

"Come now, and let us argue," says Yahweh. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow; even though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

" 'On that day a well will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, {to cleanse them from sin and from impurity}.

But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood

And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be clean from all of your uncleanness, and I will cleanse you from all of your idols.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us [our] sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I have wiped your transgressions out like cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you!"

Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.

Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"

And you shall keep his rules and his commandments that I am commanding you {today}, [so] that {it may go well} for you and for your children after you, and so that {you may remain a long time} on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [during] all [of] those days."

Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and {will take up residence with him}.

If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself.

and showing loyal love to thousands [of generations] of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

He who walks in his integrity [is] righteous; happy are his children who follow him.

[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.

Yahweh sustains him on [his] sick bed. In his illness, you {restore to health}.

Blessed [are] the merciful, because they will be shown mercy.

{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.

who delivered us from so great [a risk] of death, and will deliver [us], in whom we have put our hope that he will also deliver [us] again,

{From} six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.

For he will deliver you from [the] snare of [the] fowler, from [the] plague of destruction.

For you have rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

Even to [your] old age I [am] he; even to [your] advanced age I myself will support [you]. I myself have made [you], and I myself will carry [you], and I myself will support [you], and I will save [you].

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"

He will call upon me and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.

The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer. You shall cry for help, and he will say, 'Here I [am]!' If you remove from among you [the] yoke, the {finger-pointing} and {evil speech},

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"

He will call upon me and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.

The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer. You shall cry for help, and he will say, 'Here I [am]!' If you remove from among you [the] yoke, the {finger-pointing} and {evil speech},

Whoever listens to me will dwell in security and rest securely from dread and disaster."

His heart [is] sustained; he will not be afraid, until he looks [in triumph] on his enemies.

{No evil will happen} to the righteous, but the wicked are filled [with] trouble.

Then you will walk in the confidence of your ways, and your foot will not stumble.

He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who protects you will not slumber.

And he will love you, and he will bless you, and he will multiply you, and he will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your soil, your grain, your wine, and your olive oil, and [newborn] calves of your cattle, and the [newborn] lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you.

And [as for] Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless him and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him {exceedingly}. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

On that day Yahweh {made} a covenant with Abram saying, "To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates river,

And Yahweh appeared to him that night and said, "I [am] the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, and I will bless you and make your descendants numerous for the sake of my servant Abraham."

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

And I will cause the fruit of the tree and the crop of the field to increase, so that you will not suffer again [the] disgrace of famine among the nations.

and your barns shall be full of plenty, and your vats shall burst [with] new wine.

And for you [the] threshing season shall overtake [the] grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall overtake [the] sowing, and you shall eat your food {to your fill} and you shall live {securely} in your land.

And he will give rain for your seed [with] which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and {fertile}. On that day, your cattle will graze [in] broad pastures;

And Yahweh your God will make you prosperous {in all your undertakings}, and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground {abundantly}, for Yahweh {will again rejoice} over you, [just] as he rejoiced over your ancestors.

But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

And you will say on that day, "I will give you thanks, Yahweh, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, and you comforted me.

You will increase my greatness, and you will comfort me all around.

Do a sign [that] benefits me, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

For Yahweh will comfort Zion; he will comfort all its sites of ruins. And he will {make} its wilderness like Eden, and its desert like the garden of Yahweh. Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and [the] {sound} of song.

I will also clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy.

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give their reward to your slaves the prophets and to the saints and to the ones who fear your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if by you the world is judged, are you unworthy of the most insignificant courts?

Costly {in Yahweh's view} [is] the death of his faithful [ones].

Yahweh [is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, apostate Israel,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not cause my {anger} to fall on you. For I [am] loyal,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not be angry {forever}.

keeping loyal love to the thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and he does not leave utterly unpunished, punishing [the] guilt of fathers on sons and on sons of sons on third and fourth [generations]."

Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.

Forever I will keep my loyal love for him, and my covenant [will be] reliable for him.

But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew [their] strength. They shall go up [with] wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.

enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy,

You must not fear, for I [am] with you; you must not be afraid, for I [am] your God. I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.

that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

You have girded me with physical strength for the battle; you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.

But the [ones] having insight will shine like the brightness of the expanse, and [the ones] providing justice [for] the many [will be] like the stars {forever and ever}.

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.

But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues [to do it], not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed {in what he does}.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in [my] name because you are Christ's, truly I say to you that he will never lose his reward.

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do [it].

[then if] my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.

I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.

When you search for me, then you will find [me], if you seek me with all your heart.

For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}.

And my hand has made all these [things], and all these {came to be}," {declares} Yahweh, "but I look to this [one]: to [the] humble and [the] contrite of spirit and [the one] frightened at my word.

The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.

Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Yahweh your God, because he [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love, and relenting from harm.

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses, and we will say no more, "Our God," to the work of our hands because in you [the] fatherless child finds mercy.

[And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.

[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.

A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.

Even a hair of your head will never perish!

The angel of Yahweh encamps around [those who] fear him, and he rescues them.

For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout all the earth to strengthen those whose heart is fully devoted to him. You have been foolish in this, for from now on you will have wars."

Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

With his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you can take refuge. His faithfulness [will be] a shield and a buckler.

I tell you that in the [same] way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

Return, apostate children, I will heal your backsliding. 'Look, we come to you, for you are Yahweh our God.

And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.

Yahweh [is] near to [those who are] heartbroken and saves [those who are] crushed in spirit.

and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].

For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy [because you] knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.

if we endure, we will also reign with [him]; if we deny [him], he also will deny us;

considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

And [when] the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep!"

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

"I will not leave you [as] orphans; I am coming to you.

But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Have courage, daughter! Your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.

Blessed [are] the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.

And [the] meek {have joy after joy} in Yahweh, and [the] needy of [the] people shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.

[The] afflicted will eat and will be satisfied. Those who seek him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever.

I know that Yahweh will maintain [the] cause of [the] afflicted, [and] justice for [the] needy.

But he shall judge [the] poor with righteousness, and he shall decide for [the] needy of [the] earth with rectitude. And he shall strike [the] earth with the rod of his mouth, and he shall kill [the] wicked person with the breath of his lips.

You would put to shame [the] plan of [the] poor, because Yahweh [is] his refuge.

"Because of [the] oppression of [the] afflicted, because of [the] groaning of [the] poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put [them] in [the] safety [for which] they long."

Your community dwelled in it. You provided in your goodness for the poor, O God.

[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

They go from strength to strength, [until each] appears before God in Zion.

Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.

Endure [it] for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son [is there] whom a father does not discipline?

For this [finds] favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows [while] suffering unjustly.

And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.

And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!"

[With] {long life} I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Israel is saved by Yahweh [with] everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed, and you shall not be humiliated {to all eternity}.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all [of you] clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

And my hand has made all these [things], and all these {came to be}," {declares} Yahweh, "but I look to this [one]: to [the] humble and [the] contrite of spirit and [the one] frightened at my word.

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all--this one is great."

Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

And he said, "If you carefully listen to the voice of Yahweh your God and you do [what is] right in his eyes and give heed to his commands and you keep all his rules, [then] I will not bring about on you any of the diseases that I brought about on Egypt, because I [am] Yahweh your healer.

And Yahweh will turn away from you all the illness and all the harmful diseases of Egypt that you experienced; he will not lay them on you, but he will lay them on all [of] those who hate you.

For they are life to those who find them and healing {to the entire body}.

For I will present healing to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,' {declares} Yahweh. 'Because they have called you an outcast, [saying], "It is Zion, there is no [one who] cares for her." '

And call me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Blessed [is] the man, O Yah, whom you instruct and teach from your law,

Yahweh sustains him on [his] sick bed. In his illness, you {restore to health}.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me [with] your right hand.

Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I am doing he will do also, and he will do greater [works] than these because I am going to the Father.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

And all your children [shall be] pupils of Yahweh, and the peace of your children [shall be] great.

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

And I will make them a covenant of peace, and I will put an end to wild animals from the land, and they will dwell in the desert {safely}, and they will sleep in the forest.

Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one [who is] in you is greater than the one [who is] in the world.

Therefore [since we] have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, accomplishing holiness in the fear of God.

For as many as [are the] promises of God, in him [they are] "yes"; therefore also through him [is] the "amen" to the glory of God through us.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one [who is] in you is greater than the one [who is] in the world.

Now who is the one who conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

The one who conquers, I will grant to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne.

And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives until death.

Do not be afraid of [the things] which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw [some] of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him [some] of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives [it].'

For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion},

And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to [his] purpose,

but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.

Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

[because you] know that each one of you, whatever good he should do, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

Great peace [is] for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

Thus says Yahweh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: "I [am] Yahweh your God, {who teaches} you to profit, leads you in [the] way you should go.

And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; I will cause [them] to tread on paths they have not known. I will make darkness {in their presence} into light and rough places into level ground. These [are] the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."

And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, thus it is necessary [that] the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life."

Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

I will instruct you and teach you in [the] way that you should go. I will advise [you] [with] my eye upon you.

He causes [the] humble to walk in justice, and teaches [the] humble his way.

I have said these [things] to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world."

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you--not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let [them] be afraid.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish {forever}, and no one will seize them out of my hand.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.

and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die {forever}. Do you believe this?"

But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,

the one who believes in me. Just as the scripture said, 'Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.'"

Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

Temptation has not come upon you except [what is] common to humanity. But God [is] faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, [so that you] may be able to endure [it].

And one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are dressed [in] the white robes--who are [they], and from where have they come?" And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.