21 Bible Verses about The promises of God

Having therefore, my beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

by which are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise.

Wherefore God being willing more abundantly to manifest unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it with an oath:

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman made under the law,

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

Of this man's seed, according to the promise, hath God raised up to Israel Jesus the Saviour:

and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us, in the house of his servant David, as He spake by the mouth of his holy prophets from the beginning, even salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, read more.
to display his mercy towards our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, according to the oath which He sware to Abraham our father,

and blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of the things that were told her from the Lord.

But we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth.

Then Mary said, Behold the servant of the Lord, may it be unto me according to thy word. So the angel departed from her.

What then availeth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was delivered by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Now the promises were made to Abraham, and to his seed. He doth not say, "and to seeds," as of many; but as of one, "and to thy seed," which is Christ.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and I will inscribe them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise in Christ, by the gospel:

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

that ye would not be sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.

For ye have need of patience, that having done the will of God ye may receive the promise.

For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:

For if the inheritance be from the law, it is no more from the promise: whereas God gave it to Abraham by promise.

That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.

Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of the promise.

He hath supported Israel his servant, in remembrance of his mercy (even as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed,) for ever."

For I will forgive their crimes, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."

Therefore being exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the holy Spirit, He hath poured forth this gift, which ye now see and hear.

In whom ye also trusted, when ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also when ye believed, ye were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,

Let us therefore fear least a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to fall short of it:

For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:

And therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, that so the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Let us inflexibly retain the profession of our hope,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before all ages;

And now I stand arraigned for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers: to which promise our twelve tribes, worshipping continually night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope, O king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

And we bring you good tidings,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before all ages;

And this is the promise which He hath promised us, even eternal life.

and I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore, my beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of this world who are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which He hath promised to them that love Him? but ye have slighted the poor.

but was yea in Him, (for all the promises of God are in Him yea, and in Him amen,) to the glory of God by us:

Having therefore, my beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But the scripture hath shut up all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

and ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus,

This then I say, that the law, which was given four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the covenant, which was so long before confirmed by God unto Christ, to make void the promise.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? not at all: for if a law had been given, which could have confered life, certainly righteousness would have been by the law.

For bodily exercise profiteth little, but piety is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come:

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

By faith also Sarah received strength to conceive seed, and brought forth a son when she was past age, because she accounted Him faithful who had promised.

who by faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise in Christ, by the gospel:

that there will come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the declaration of his coming? for except that the fathers are fallen asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of the creation.

But we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth.

Paul a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (which He had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures) concerning his Son,

walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the declaration of his coming? for except that the fathers are fallen asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of the creation.

He hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief: but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

by which are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Now Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the manifestation of the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:

But now He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which is established upon better promises.

Let us therefore fear least a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to fall short of it:

Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the form of divine worship, and the promises:

separated unto the gospel of God, (which He had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures) concerning his Son,

for the promise is to you and to your children, yea and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;