19 Bible Verses about God's Promises

Love Jehovah, all you godly ones! Jehovah protects faithful people, but he pays back in full those who act arrogantly.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil work. He will save me to his heavenly kingdom. To him is the glory forever and ever. Amen.

You are Jehovah, even you only! You made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them. You keep them from destruction and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed.

Jehovah protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow, but he overthrows the way of the wicked.

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.

Come now, let us reason together (make things right) (correct matters) between us! Says Jehovah. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will become as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they will become as white as wool.

A fountain for sin and for uncleanness will be opened for the house of David.

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, who is the Faithful Witness, and 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.

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me! I am the one who saves you.

Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).

He replied: More blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

You must keep the regulations and commandments I commanded you today. Then all will go well with you and with your children after you. You may prolong your days on the earth that Jehovah your God gives you for all time.

Jesus answered: If a man loves me, he will obey my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and dwell with him.

If any man does his will he shall know the teachings. He will know if it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

I show mercy (loving kindness) to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments.

The righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears let him hear.

I have been young, and now I am old, but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned or his descendants begging for food.

The righteous man walks in his integrity. He blesses his children.

Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.

The path of the righteous is like the shining light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the more perfect day.

If you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will be like midday.

Jehovah will support him on his sickbed. You will restore him to health when he is ill.

Blessed are the merciful and compassionate, for they will receive mercy and compassion.

He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.

God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us!

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, no harm will touch you:

He is the one who will rescue you from the bird hunter's trap (fowler's snare) and from deadly plagues.

You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling.

Even in your old age with gray hair I am he, I am he who will support you. I have made you and I will bear your burden (take care of you). I will sustain (support) (strengthen) you and I will rescue you (keep you safe).

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

I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will deliver you and honor you.

The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

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

I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will deliver you and honor you.

The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

Whoever listens to me will be secure and will be free from the fear of evil.

His heart is steady, and he is not afraid. In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies.

No evil will happen to the righteous. The wicked will be filled with trouble.

You will walk in your way safely. Your foot will not stumble.

He will not allow your foot to slip. He who keeps you will not slumber.

He will love you, bless you, and increase the number of your descendants. He will bless you with children. He will bless your land with produce: grain, new wine, and olive oil. He will bless your herds with calves, and your flocks with lambs and kids. This will all happen in the land Jehovah will give you, as he swore to your fathers.

Concerning Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him. I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram. He said: To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

That night Jehovah appeared to Isaac. Jehovah said: I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and increase the number of your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.

He brought him outside and said: Look toward heaven and count the stars. Are you able to count them? He continued: So shall your descendants be.

I will make fruit grow on the trees and crops grow in the fields so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famines.

Your barns will be filled with plenty. Your vats will overflow with new wine.

Your crops will be so plentiful that you will still be harvesting grain when it is time to pick grapes. You will still be picking grapes when it is time to plant grain. You will have all you want to eat and you will live in safety in your land.

Jehovah will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.

Jehovah your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand. In the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, you will prosper. Jehovah will again rejoice over you for good, just as he rejoiced over your fathers;

Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

In that day you will say: I will praise you, O Jehovah. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.

Increase my honor and comfort me again.

Grant me some proof of your goodness so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame. You, O Jehovah, have helped me and comforted me.

Jehovah will surely comfort Zion. He will look with compassion on all her ruins. He will make her deserts like Eden and her wastelands like the garden of Jehovah. Joy and gladness will be found in her along with thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

I will clothe its priests with salvation. Then its godly ones will sing joyfully.

The nations were angry. Your wrath (indignation) has come! It is time to judge the dead, to reward your servants the prophets, the holy ones, and those who reverence your name the small and the great. Time to destroy (exterminate) (eradicate) those who destroy the earth.

Jehovah loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be destroyed.

Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if you will judge the world, are you unworthy to judge these small matters?

Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his godly (holy) ones.

Jehovah is merciful and gracious. He is slow to anger, and rich in loving-kindness.

Go and proclaim this message to the north: 'Come back, unfaithful Israel. It is Jehovah speaking. I will no longer frown on you because I am merciful,' declares Jehovah. 'I will no longer be angry with you.

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin. But I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their fathers.

Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

Those who hope in Jehovah will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary! They will walk and not be faint.

God will strengthen you with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy.

Do not fear for I am with you! Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.'

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man.

You armed me and gave me strength to fight. You subdued and brought low those who came against me.

Those who have wisdom (insight) will shine like the brightness of the firmament. They turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

For God is not unrighteous (unjust) to forget your work and the love you showed for his name. You ministered to the holy ones and continue to minister.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable. Always have plenty to do in the work of the Lord, for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continues, being not a hearer who forgets but a doer who works, this man will be blessed in what he does.

Whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

I say to you: Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you.

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

However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country.

I love those who love me. Those who earnestly seek me will find me.

When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me,

The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: 'I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.'

I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word.

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful (contrite) heart.

Jehovah is near to those whose hearts and minds are humble and contrite. He saves the broken hearted and crushed in spirit.

Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.

Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud and he will establish the border of the widow.

Assyria will not save us and we will not ride on horses. We will not say again: Our god, to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.

He executes justice for the orphan and the widow. He shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

You have seen trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

The angel of Jehovah camps around those who reverence him, and he rescues them.

The eyes of Jehovah keep close watch over the entire world. He gives strength (shows His strength) to (in behalf of) those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly! Therefore from now on you will always be at war.

Jehovah will guard him and keep him alive. He will be blessed in the land. Do not place him at the mercy of his enemies.

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.

It is the same. I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

Return you backsliding children, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful. See, we have come to you because you are Jehovah our God.

Then Peter said: Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.

Jehovah is near to those whose hearts and minds are humble and contrite. He saves the broken hearted and crushed in spirit.

If children, then heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. If indeed we suffer with him we may also be glorified with him.

You shared the sufferings of prisoners. When all your belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly. This is because you knew that you possessed something much better, which would last forever.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I also saw the people who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had not received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny him, He will deny us!

He considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. He looked intently (respectfully) for the payment of the reward.

I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!

When the Lord saw her he had sympathy for her. Do not cry, he said.

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

I will not leave you desolate. I will come to you.

Jesus turned to see her and said: Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well. The woman was healed at that time.

Blessed are the meek (gentle) (mild) (humble), for they will inherit the earth.

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

The meek, the poor, and the needy will celebrate and shout because of Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel.

The meek (gentle) (mild) (humble) will inherit the earth and will delight in the abundance 0f peace.

Humble (meek) people will eat until they are full. Those who look to Jehovah will praise him. May your heart live forever.

I know that Jehovah will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.

But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because Jehovah is their protection.

Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.

Your congregation lived there. You O God have prepared your goodness for the poor.

Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.

We all, with unveiled face, behold as in a mirror the glory of God and are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, exactly as from God's Spirit.

The path of the righteous is like the shining light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the more perfect day.

Yet, the righteous person clings to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

They grow stronger as they go and they will see the God of gods on Zion.

As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.

God deals with you like children. Endure discipline (instruction) (training). Who is the child whom a father does not discipline?

For this is to your credit to suffer wrongfully and endure grief because of your conscience toward God.

Jesus said to him: Salvation has come to this house today. He is also a son of Abraham.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned.

They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.

I will satisfy you with a long life. I will show you my salvation.

Jehovah will save Israel with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.

Those who exalt themselves will be humbled. And people who humble themselves will be exalted.

Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word.

Then he said to them: Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. He who is least among you will be the greatest!

Even though Jehovah is high above, he sees humble people close up, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.

If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God. He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.

To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Jehovah gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to the discerning.

I will give you ability to talk and words of wisdom, which your adversaries shall not be able to resist or refute.

He said: If you will listen carefully to Jehovah your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer. I am Jehovah, who heals you.

Jehovah will take away every sickness from you. He will not afflict you with any of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have known. He will put them on all who hate you.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

I will restore your health and heal your wounds, proclaims Jehovah. People call you an outcast: 'Zion, no one cares for you.'

Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.

Jehovah, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!

Jehovah will support him on his sickbed. You will restore him to health when he is ill.

Even though I walk into the middle of trouble, you guard my life against the anger of my enemies. You stretch out your hand, and your right hand saves me.

Truly I tell you, he who exerts active faith in me will do the works that I do. In fact he will do greater works than these. I go to the Father.

Provided that you continue in the faith, grounded (on the foundation) and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the good news you heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven. For this I, Paul, was made a minister.

The scripture says: No one believing on him shall be disappointed. (Isaiah 28:16)

Your sons will all be taught by Jehovah. Your sons will have an abundance of peace.

If only you had listened to my commandments! Your peace would be like a river that never runs dry. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.

I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Be subject to God! Resist [Satan] the Devil and he will flee from you.

Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

You are of God, my little children. You have overcome them because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.

Having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness with deep reverence for God.

All the promises of God in him are yes. Also in his is the Amen, to the glory of God through us.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

You are of God, my little children. You have overcome them because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.

Who is the one who conquers (overcomes) (prevails over) the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil (false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of life.

He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To those who overcome in victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

[There will be] glory, honor and peace to every one who does good works, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one [in purpose] and every man will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

You know that whatever good thing each person does, the same shall he receive again from God, whether he be slave or free.

You know that God will give you the reward of the inheritance when you serve the Master, Christ.

Those who love your law have abundant peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

Her ways are pleasant ways. All her paths are peace.

This is what Jehovah your Defender (Redeemer), the Holy One of Israel, says: I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.

I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.

I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who exerts active faith (believes), to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

The scriptures say: I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen and precious (Isaiah 28:16). He who believes in him will not be disappointed (shamed).

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man must also be lifted up. Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life.

Truly, Truly I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him that sent me, has everlasting life. He will not receive judgment for he has passed out of death into life.

Jehovah says: I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.

He leads humble people to do what is right, and he teaches them his way.

I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!

Peace I leave with you! My peace I give to you. I do not give as the world gives to you. Do not let your heart be troubled or full of fear.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father of lights (truth and spiritual purity), with whom there is no variation. He does not change like shifting shadows.

I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus replied: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not hunger. The one who puts active faith in me will never thirst.

Whoever lives and puts active faith in me will never die. Do you believe this?

He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name.

Rivers of living water will flow from the innermost being of the man who believes in me. This is according to the scriptures.

When all of his own are out he leads them. The sheep follow him for they know his voice.

The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.

Love your enemies and do good to them. Lend expecting nothing in return and your reward will be great. You will be sons of the Most High for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for life eternal. Both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

One of the elders asked me: Who are these dressed in white robes? And where are they from? I said to him: Sir, you know. He said to me: These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.