61 Bible Verses about Promises

And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.

In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

And being certain that God was able to keep his word.

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise.

What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.

But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give effect to the good word which I have said about the people of Israel and the people of Judah.

As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.