14 occurrences in 12 translations

'Promised' in the Bible

Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite: “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtSaints, As PilgrimsFathers In LawsGod Doing GoodBrothers in law

Did I conceive this people or give birth to them, so that you would tell me to carry them near my heart like a wet nurse carries a suckling baby to the land that you promised to their forefathers?

Verse ConceptsArmsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfNursesThe Promise Of A Baby

The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? You will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.”

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Weakness

"The LORD slaughtered this people in the wilderness because he wasn't able to bring them to the land that he promised them.'

Verse ConceptsImpotence Of GodDying In The WildernessGod KillingGod Killed His People

"Now, let the power of the LORD be magnified, just as you promised when you said,

will ever see the land that I promised to their ancestors. Those who spurned me won't see it.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceExclusion

I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Verse ConceptsHomeHand Of GodReward, For God's PeopleExclusionland

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceRising EarlyThose Who Rose Early

Now get out of here! I had promised you that I would definitely honor you, but now the LORD has kept me from doing that!"

Verse ConceptsReward, HumanGod HinderingNo Reward

That's why the LORD's anger flared up that day and he promised by an oath that

"Not one of the men who went up from Egypt, from 20 years old and above, will see the land that I promised to give to their ancestors, that is, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because none of them followed me wholeheartedly,

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchExclusionAncestorsFollowing God

Build cities for your dependents and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

Verse ConceptsCities In IsraelStock Keeping

Bible Theasaurus

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

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