'Promises' in the Bible
then he promises, "I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
Not one of the Lord's faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.
"Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized -- not one promise is unfulfilled!
"The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!
O Lord God, do not reject your chosen ones! Remember the faithful promises you made to your servant David!"
You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the Lord's loyal followers.
The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.
Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.
They believed his promises; they sang praises to him.
Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.
A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field.
Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
These people make promises in the name of the Lord. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie."
The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all.
"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.
"Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.