Thematic Bible: The Covenant


Thematic Bible




And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it. And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it? And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. read more.
And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide. And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away. And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him. And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces. On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;

And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee. And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying, It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations. read more.
And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them. And God said to Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee that every male among you be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and that shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed. He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant.

to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear read more.
in piety and righteousness before him all our days.


Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, the newEarsCovenant, God's with DavidGod, The EternalLoyaltySpiritual Life, Nature OfThe Eternal CovenantLife By God's WordLater Covenants With GodUnconditional Love


For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGod, Justice OfHatredJusticeRobberyDo Not StealGod Will RequiteLater Covenants With GodInjustice

He sent deliverance unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and terrible is his name. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAssurance, nature ofGodly ReverenceThe Eternal CovenantRedemption

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. And thou shalt remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou, together with those who are younger than thou; for I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by virtue of thy covenant. And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; read more.
that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

In that he says New, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged is near disappearing. Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedPast, TheOld ThingsGrowingcovenant

And this is the covenant from me to them, when I shall have taken away their sins. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGod Will Forgive

Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

For finding fault, he says to them, Behold, days come, saith the Lord, and I will consummate a new covenant as regards the house of Israel, and as regards the house of Juda; not according to the covenant which I made to their fathers in the day of my taking their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord. Because this is the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people.

And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newMediationGift Of The Holy SpiritPromises Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureGuidance Of The Holy SpiritSpeaking By The SpiritTeaching ChildrenSpeaking The Word God GivesOld Testament Claims InspirationFamily StrengthSeedsInfidelityThe Power Of Wordsempathycovenant

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah, that hath mercy on thee. Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersTrusting In God's LoveAssurance, nature ofGod, The EternalHeart, DivineLoyaltyLove, Nature OfMountainsReliabilityTendernessGod Will Show MercyGod Keeps CovenantMoving Onhealthcaresteadfast


Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Law Given To Israelthe Law of moses

and I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made my confession, and said, Alas Lord! the great and terrible God, keeping covenant and loving-kindness with them that love him, and that keep his commandments: Verse ConceptsConfession, Examples OfCommitment, to GodSin ConfessedGod Is To Be FearedGod Keeps CovenantConfession of sinconfessing

And he said, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart; Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfGod's WaysLoyaltyMonotheismNo One Is Like GodGod Keeps Covenant

and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfCommitment, to GodLoyaltyGod Is To Be FearedGod Keeps Covenantflexibility


Because this is the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people. Verse ConceptsMorality, And RedemptionTabletsWritingReceptive HeartsWriting On PeopleI Will Be Their GodTaking The Law To HeartJournalizing


And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances; If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments: read more.
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness; My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David: His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me; It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah.


But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newMediationMediatorUniquenessJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The MediatorPreeminence Of ChristAdvocatesGreatness Of ChristPromises concerningPromisesMinistryExcellencecovenant


And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Which he made with Abraham, And of his oath unto Isaac; And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, Unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,



to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant, Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAncestorsGod Remembering His CovenantGod Showed Mercy

for thus saith Jehovah: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant, even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the alien, that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast to my covenant; read more.
even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.

Because this is the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people. And they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from the little one among them unto the great among them. Because I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.

Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father. And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves --

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. Verse ConceptsAbrahamBearingThe Eternal CovenantGod Naming PeopleGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Promise Of A Babysarah

Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For this is all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make it not to grow. Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersCovenant, God's with DavidRegretSecurityThe Eternal CovenantLater Covenants With GodAbsence Of RegretGod's Covenant Is Everlasting

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant: Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence. Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

For thy name's sake, do not spurn us, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.


Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newThe Accepted TimeGrace, In OtLast DaysOpportunities, And SalvationSeasons, Of LifeSustaining ProvidenceA Time Of SalvationGod AnsweredRight Time For GodInheritanceAcceptanceGod's TimingRecoveryFavorGods TimingA New Daycovenanthelphelpingpreservation


And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftSojourningGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsAlienscovenant

Be ye ever mindful of his covenant, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, -- Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGenerationsCommands, in OTRememberingGod Remembering His Covenantmindfulness

Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodAvoiding Idolatry

of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah, that hath mercy on thee.


Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Law Given To Israelthe Law of moses

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people, and raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of David his servant; as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began; read more.
deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us; to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear in piety and righteousness before him all our days. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways; to give knowledge of deliverance to his people by the remission of their sins on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us, to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newElijah, Prophecies OfPreparing God's WayHeraldLast ThingsMissionaries, Call OfProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerMessianic PropheciesSudden EventsGod Sends ProphetsStatus Of The TemplePreparationEclipse