Bible Cross References
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Genesis 12:2
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations."
Genesis 17:7
"I will keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.
Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God."
Genesis 22:16-18
16
"I make a vow by my own name---the LORD is speaking---that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,
17
I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.
18
All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants---all because you obeyed my command."
Genesis 26:3
Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham.
Genesis 26:4
I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants.
Genesis 28:13
And there was the LORD standing beside him. "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.
Genesis 28:14
They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
Psalm 105:8-10
8
He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.
9
He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
10
The LORD made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
Jeremiah 33:25
But I, the LORD, have a covenant with day and night, and I have made the laws that control earth and sky.
Jeremiah 33:26
And just as surely as I have done this, so I will maintain my covenant with Jacob's descendants and with my servant David. I will choose one of David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will be merciful to my people and make them prosperous again."
Luke 1:54
He has kept the promise he made to our ancestors, and has come to the help of his servant Israel.
Luke 1:55
He has remembered to show mercy to Abraham and to all his descendants forever!"
Luke 1:72-74
72
He said he would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant.
73
With a solemn oath to our ancestor Abraham he promised to rescue us from our enemies and allow us to serve him without fear,
74
(SEE 1:73)
Acts 3:25
The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.'
Acts 3:26
And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways."
Romans 11:26-31
26
And this is how all Israel will be saved. As the scripture says, "The Savior will come from Zion and remove all wickedness from the descendants of Jacob.
27
I will make this covenant with them when I take away their sins."
28
Because they reject the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's choice, they are his friends because of their ancestors.
29
For God does not change his mind about whom he chooses and blesses.
30
As for you Gentiles, you disobeyed God in the past; but now you have received God's mercy because the Jews were disobedient.
31
In the same way, because of the mercy that you have received, the Jews now disobey God, in order that they also may now receive God's mercy.
Hebrews 6:13-18
13
When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow.
14
He said, "I promise you that I will bless you and give you many descendants."
15
Abraham was patient, and so he received what God had promised.
16
When we make a vow, we use the name of someone greater than ourselves, and the vow settles all arguments.
17
To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise.
18
There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.