46 Bible Verses about covenant
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For if that first agreement had been perfect, there would have been no occasion for a second one.
And this is why he is the negotiator of a new agreement, in order that as someone has died to deliver them from the offenses committed under the old agreement, those who have been offered it may receive the unending inheritance they have been promised.
At that time you had no connection with Christ, you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the agreements about God's promise; with no hope and no God in all the world.
But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.
You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the agreement that God made with your forefathers when he said to Abraham, 'Through your posterity all the families of the earth will be blessed.'
Now when he speaks of a new agreement, he is treating the first one as obsolete; but whatever is obsolete and antiquated is almost ready to disappear.
And he said to them, "This is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people.
"You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.
For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises,
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Covenant » Man's with God
Covenant » The divine, general references to
Covenant » The lord being mindful of his covenant
Covenant » Between men
Covenant » The new
to Jesus the negotiator of a new agreement, and to sprinkled blood that speaks more powerfully than even Abel's.
"You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.
But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
Covenant » Of God with men » God faithful to
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
Covenant » The lord making a covenant with israel
Covenant » Of God with men » Confirmed with an oath
Therefore, God in his desire to make it perfectly clear to those to whom he made his promise, that his purpose was unalterable, bound himself with an oath, so that by these two unalterable things, which make it impossible for God to break his promise, we who have taken refuge with him may be greatly encouraged to seize upon the hope that is offered to us.
Covenant » Instances of » Abraham
nor are they all children of Abraham because they are descended from him, but he was told, "The line of Isaac will be called your descendants." That is to say, it is not his physical descendants who are children of God, but his descendants born in fulfilment of the promise who are considered his true posterity. For this is what the promise said: "When I come back at this time next year, Sarah will have a son." read more.
And that is not all, for there was Rebecca too, when she was about to bear twin sons to our forefather Isaac. For before the children were born or had done anything either good or bad, in order to carry out God's purpose of selection, which depends not on what men do but on his calling them, she was told, "The elder will be the younger's slave." As the Scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau."
Covenant » Of God with men » Everlasting
Covenant » The covenant with abraham
Covenant » Binding
To take an illustration, brothers, from daily life: even a human agreement, once ratified, no one annuls or alters.
Covenant » Who not to make a covenant with
Covenant » The covenant with noah
Covenant » The second covenant
May God, the giver of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus who through the blood by which he ratified the everlasting agreement has become the great shepherd of the sheep,
Further, if he were still on earth, he would not be a priest at all, for there are priests enough provided to offer the gifts the Law prescribes??5 though the service they engage in is only a shadow and imitation of that in heaven. For when Moses was going to make the tent of worship he was warned, "Be sure to make it all just like the pattern you were shown on the mountain." But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones. For if that first agreement had been perfect, there would have been no occasion for a second one. read more.
But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord. 'For this is the agreement that I will make with the house of Israel, In those later days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts, And they will have me for their God, And I will have them for my people. And they will not have to teach their townsmen and their brothers to know the Lord, For they will all know me, From the lowest to the highest. For I will be merciful to their misdeeds, And I will no longer remember their sins.' " Now when he speaks of a new agreement, he is treating the first one as obsolete; but whatever is obsolete and antiquated is almost ready to disappear.
For it is no tangible blazing fire that you have come up to, no blackness and darkness and storm, no trumpet blast and voice whose words made those who heard them beg to be told no more, for they could not bear the order, "Even a wild animal, if it touches the mountain, must be stoned to death," read more.
and so awful was the sight that Moses said, "I am aghast and appalled!" But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels, to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes, to Jesus the negotiator of a new agreement, and to sprinkled blood that speaks more powerfully than even Abel's.
Covenant » Being mindful of the lord’s covenant
Covenant » Those that keep the covenant of the lord
Covenant » Of men with men » Breach of, punished
Covenant » Instances of » With david
Covenant » Instances of » With david and his house
Covenant » Instances of » Jonathan and david
Covenant » The covenant of peace
Covenant » Of God with men » Broken by the jews
Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord.
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By giving the hand
Covenant » Of man with God » Joshua
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By salting
Covenant » Of God with men » Binding
To take an illustration, brothers, from daily life: even a human agreement, once ratified, no one annuls or alters.
Covenant » Instances of » Jews with each other, to serve God
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By offering a sacrifice
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By giving presents
Covenant » Instances of » Of the ten commandments
Covenant » Of God with men » Repudiated by God on account of jews' idolatry
Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord.
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » Written and sealed
Covenant » Sacred
To take an illustration, brothers, from daily life: even a human agreement, once ratified, no one annuls or alters.
Covenant » Instances of » Of the levites
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By a monument
Covenant » Instances of » With his people
Covenant » Instances of » Noah
Covenant » Who made a covenant with death
Covenant » Instances of » Subjects with sovereign
Covenant » Of man with God » Asa
Covenant » Who the lord will show his covenant to
Covenant » Of God with men » Punishments for breaking of
Covenant » Of man with God » Nehemiah
Covenant » Of man with God » jacob
Covenant » Instances of » Abimelech and isaac
Covenant » Instances of » Jacob and laban
Covenant » Instances of » With phinehas
Covenant » Instances of » Abraham and abimelech
Covenant » Instances of » jacob
Covenant » Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented
Covenant » Of man with God » Absalom
Covenant » Instances of » With adam
Covenant » Instances of » In moab
Covenant » Of man with God » Jehoiada and joash
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » Loosing the shoe
Covenant » Instances of » Ahab with benhadad
Covenant » Of man with God » israelites
Covenant » Of men with men » Ratified » By making a feast
Covenant » Of man with God » Josiah
Covenant » Instances of » With the israelites to deliver them from egypt
Covenant » Instances of » King zedekiah and his subjects
Covenant » Instances of » With israel, at horeb
Covenant » Instances of » Of the sabbath
Covenant » Instances of » With isaac
Covenant » The mosaic law called a covenant
Covenant » Instances of » To be confirmed
Covenant » Book of
Covenant » Blood of
Forgetting God » Is forgetting his » Covenant
Israel » Covenant » Renewed » Joshua » death
Israel » Renew » Covenant
Malluch » Chief » Sealed » Covenant » Nehemiah
New » Birth » Covenant
to Jesus the negotiator of a new agreement, and to sprinkled blood that speaks more powerfully than even Abel's.
"You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.
But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
Topics on Covenant
Abraham, God's Covenant With
Acts 7:5-7He gave him no property in it, not a single foot, but he promised to give it to him and his posterity after him permanently, though he had no children at that time.
Abrahamic Covenant
Acts 1:6-7So those who were present asked him, "Master, is this the time when you are going to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?"
Ark Of The Covenant
Hebrews 9:1-5Even the first agreement provided regulations for worship, and a sanctuary that was fully equipped.
Ark Of The Covenant, Contents
Hebrews 9:3-4And beyond the second curtain, in the part called the inner sanctuary,
Ark Of The Covenant, Function
Hebrews 9:4stood the gold incense-altar and the chest that contained the agreement, entirely covered with gold, with the gold jar in it that held the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets containing the agreement;
Ark Of The Covenant, Purpose
Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the chest containing his agreement was seen inside the temple, and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great storm of hail.
Blood Of The Covenant
Matthew 26:28"You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.
Breaking The Covenant
Hebrews 8:9Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord.
Covenant Made At Sinai
Galatians 4:24This is an allegorical utterance. For the women are two agreements, one coming from Mount Sinai, bearing children that are to be slaves; that is, Hagar
Covenant Obligations
Matthew 5:33-37"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'
Covenant, God's with Abraham
Hebrews 11:8Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.
Covenant, God's with David
Acts 15:16" 'Afterward I will return, and rebuild David's fallen dwelling. I will rebuild its very ruins, and set it up again,
Covenant, God's with Noah
2 Peter 2:5and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood upon the godless world;
Covenant, the new
Hebrews 8:8But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
Davidic Covenant
Matthew 1:1The ancestry of Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, who was descended from Abraham.
God Remembering His Covenant
Luke 1:72Thus showing mercy to our forefathers, And keeping his sacred agreement,
God's Covenant With The Patriarchs
Acts 7:8And he made the agreement of circumcision with him, and so Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Sealing A Covenant
Matthew 26:26-29As they were eating Jesus took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. It is my body!"
Terms Of The Covenant At Sinai
Hebrews 9:4stood the gold incense-altar and the chest that contained the agreement, entirely covered with gold, with the gold jar in it that held the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets containing the agreement;
The Eternal Covenant
Hebrews 13:20May God, the giver of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus who through the blood by which he ratified the everlasting agreement has become the great shepherd of the sheep,
The New Covenant
Hebrews 8:4-13Further, if he were still on earth, he would not be a priest at all, for there are priests enough provided to offer the gifts the Law prescribes??5 though the service they engage in is only a shadow and imitation of that in heaven. For when Moses was going to make the tent of worship he was warned, "Be sure to make it all just like the pattern you were shown on the mountain."
