7 occurrences

'Promised' in the Bible

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 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

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

Bible Theasaurus

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

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.