11 occurrences in 12 translations

'Promised' in the Bible

if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will think better of the good with which I had promised to bless it.

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, To GodGod Changing His MindGod Doing Good

And you gave them this land which you had promised their ancestors that you would give them a land flowing with milk and honey.

Verse ConceptsFoodGod Gave The LandMilk And Honey

For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodGod Harmed ThemCalamity

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

Verse ConceptsPromisesfulfillment

that Jeremiah left Jerusalem [during the withdrawal of the Chaldean invaders] to go to [Anathoth, his hometown, in] the land of Benjamin to take possession of [the title to] the land [which he had purchased] there among the people.

Verse ConceptsTaking Possession

So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised, "As surely as the Lord lives who has given us life and breath, I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you."

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeOaths, HumanSecrecyGod Giving LifeKilling Prophets

"Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.

Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God promised this calamity against this place;

Verse ConceptsGod Harmed Them

and the Lord has brought it on and done just as He promised. Because you people sinned against the Lord and did not listen to His voice, therefore this thing has happened to you.

Verse ConceptsChains

Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, {saying}, 'You and your wives have promised with your mouths and with your hands you have fulfilled, {saying}, "We certainly will carry out our vows that we vowed, to make smoke offerings to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations." You must certainly keep your vows and you must certainly carry out your vows.'

Verse ConceptsServing Asherah

and say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesBoth Men And Animals Affected

Bible Theasaurus

Anticipate (12 instances)
Assure (83 instances)
Foretell (7 instances)
Predict (11 instances)
Promise (237 instances)
Promised (258 instances)

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