19 Bible Verses about God's Promises

Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Thou art He, O Jehovah, Thyself -- Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that are on it, the seas and all that are in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

In that day there is a fountain opened To the house of David And to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, For sin and for impurity.

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,

And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as by a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

Who is a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth in kindness.

And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping it!'

and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.'

Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself.

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who is in the heavens;

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

who out of so great a death did deliver us, and doth deliver, in whom we have hoped that even yet He will deliver;

In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

Even to old age I am He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'

He doth call Me, and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, 'Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

if ye may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever ye may wish ye shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'

He doth call Me, and I answer him, I am with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not.

Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, 'Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And is quiet from fear of evil!'

Sustained is his heart -- he feareth not, Till that he look on his adversaries.

No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not.

and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, 'I am the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I am with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;'

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

And I have multiplied the fruit of the tree, And the increase of the field, So that ye receive not any more a reproach of famine among nations.

And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.

and reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing -time; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land.

And He hath given rain for thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture.

and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers,

but He who is comforting the cast-down -- God -- He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

And thou hast said in that day: 'I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me,

Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

And her priests I clothe with salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud.

and the nations were angry, and Thine anger did come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Thy name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the land.'

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints.

Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I am kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age.

keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third generation, and on a fourth.'

Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant is stedfast with him.

But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

Be not afraid, for with thee I am, Look not around, for I am thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.

And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.

for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

if ye ask anything in my name I will do it.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

Near is Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

and a hair out of your head shall not perish;

A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them.

for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler is His truth.

'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. -- Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou art Jehovah our God.

and Peter said unto them, 'Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

Near is Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ -- if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'

And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, 'Be not weeping;'

'Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

'I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;

And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, 'Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the woman was saved from that hour.

Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.

And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.

They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

for this is gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

And Jesus said unto him -- 'To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved -- thou and thy house;'

With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity!

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.

and said to them, 'Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all -- he shall be great.'

For high is Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

For to a man who is good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.

for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

and He saith, 'If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee.

and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee every sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt (which thou hast known) doth He put on thee, and He hath put them on all hating thee.

For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

For I increase health to thee, And from thy strokes I do heal thee, An affirmation of Jehovah, For 'Outcast' they have called to thee, 'Zion it is, there is none seeking for her.'

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me.

Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do -- that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that is under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a ministrant.

for the Writing saith, 'Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant is the peace of thy sons.

O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,

And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

'Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world.

Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

for as many as are promises of God, in him are the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who is from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world.

who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

He who is overcoming -- I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life -- unto death;

'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving it.

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, 'I am Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These are the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: 'Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

'And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'

'Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time;

and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,

he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;'

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

No temptation hath taken you -- except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear it.

And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, 'These, who have been arrayed with the white robes -- who are they, and whence came they?' and I have said to him, 'Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, 'These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;