Hebrews 6:13

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Summary

Hebrews 6:13

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

He sware

General references

Genesis 22:16

Micah 7:20

Revelation 10:6

Bible References

He sware

For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.

And the agent of LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,

I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters. Neither the foot of man shall trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac,

By myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from my mouth [in] righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue will {confess to God (LXX/NT)}.

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

For I have sworn by myself, says LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to give to us,

General references

and said, By myself I have sworn, says LORD, because thou have done this thing, and have not withheld thy son, thine only son,

Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

and swore by him who lives into the ages of the ages, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that time would be no more.