Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye 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.
The covenant
And in
General references
Bible References
The covenant
Genesis 17:9
Then God said to Abraham: As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
1 Chronicles 16:17
He confirmed it as a law for Jacob, as a long lasting covenant to Israel.
Nehemiah 9:8
You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours.
Luke 1:72
He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his holy covenant.
Romans 9:4
They are Israelites and the adoption belongs to them. They have the glory of the covenants. The law was given to them along with the service and promises.
Romans 15:8
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcised for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers.
Galatians 3:29
If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
And in
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you. I will curse whoever curses you. All the people on earth will be blessed through you.
Genesis 18:18
Abraham will definitely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him.
Genesis 22:18
All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants. This is because you obeyed my command.'
Genesis 26:4
I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth.
Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.
Romans 4:13
The promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law but through righteousness by faith.
Galatians 3:8
The Scripture revealed ahead of time, that God justified the people of the nations by faith. He preached the good news beforehand to Abraham. He said: In you will all the nations be blessed.
General references
Micah 7:20
You will give truth to Jacob, and show loving-kindness (unchanging love) to Abraham. For you have sworn this to our fathers from the days of old.
Galatians 4:28
Brothers, we are children who belong to the promise, the same as Isaac was.