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144 Bible verses about the Covenant with God
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
In the same day YY made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be an Elohim unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Kenaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their Elohim.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of kohanim, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Yisrael.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that YY hath said will we do, and be obedient.
And Moshe took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which YY hath made with you concerning all these words.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And I will walk among you, and will be your Elohim, and ye shall be my people.
Know therefore that YY thy Elohim, he is Elohim, the faithful Elohim, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep His Commandments to a thousand generations;
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations YY thy Elohim doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which YY sware unto thy fathers, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov.
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
In that I Command thee this day to love YY thy Elohim, to walk in his ways, and to keep His Commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and YY thy Elohim shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he Commanded to a thousand generations.
Which covenant he made with Avraham, and his oath unto Yitzchak;
And confirmed the same unto Yaakov for a Torah, and to Yisrael for an everlasting covenant:
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith YY that hath mercy on thee.
For I YY love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Behold, the days come, saith YY , that I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisrael, and with the house of Yhudah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith YY :
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisrael; After those days, saith YY , I will put my Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know YY : for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith YY : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Likewise also the cup after Supper Feast, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the New Covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Covenant, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith YY , I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
And their [32] sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Now YY had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, YY appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am El Shaddai Elohim; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith YY , for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
And YY said unto Moshe, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Yisrael.
And he was there with YY forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten Commandments.
YY our Elohim made a covenant with us in Horev.
YY made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Which covenant he made with Avraham, and his oath unto Yitzchak;
And confirmed the same unto Yaakov for a Torah, and to Yisrael for an everlasting covenant:
gather my holy ones together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
O YY , thou art my Elohim; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Think not that I am come to destroy the Torah, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one yud or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Torah, till all be fulfilled.
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Avraham, or to his seed, through the Torah, but through the righteousness of faith.
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Now to Avraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Moshiach.
And if ye be of Moshiach, then are ye Avraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
But the mercy of YY is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
For thus saith YY unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to YY throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of YY : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of YY your Elohim, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which YY thy Elohim hath forbidden thee.
For YY thy Elohim is a consuming fire, even a jealous Elohim.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that YY thy Elohim shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
YY shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep The Commandments of YY thy Elohim, and walk in his ways.
And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of YY ; and they shall be afraid of thee.
All the paths of YY are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Thus saith YY , In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisrael; After those days, saith YY , I will put my Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
I say then, Hath Elohim cast away his people? Elohim forbid! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Avraham, of the tribe of Binyamin.
Elohim hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith of Eliyahu how he maketh intercession to Elohim against Yisrael, saying,
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith YY , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisrael and with the house of Yhudah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith YY .
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisrael after those days, saith YY ; I will put my mitzvot into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them an Elohim, and they shall be to me a people:
The book of the generation of Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach, the son of David, the son of Avraham.
Avraham begat Yitzchak; and Yitzchak begat Yaakov; and Yaakov begat Yhudah and his brethren;
And Yhudah begat Peretz and Zerach of Tamar; and Peretz begat Hetzron; and Hetzron begat Ram;
And Ram begat Amminadav; and Amminadav begat Nachshon; and Nachshon begat Salmon;
And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachav; and Boaz begat Oved of Rut; and Oved begat Yishai;
And Yishai begat David the king; and David the king begat Shlomo of her that had been the wife of Uriyah;
And Shlomo begat Rechavam; and Rechavam begat Aviyah; and Aviyah begat Asa;
And Asa begat Yhoshafat; and Yhoshafat begat Yoram; and Yoram begat Uziyahu;
And Uziyahu begat Yotam; and Yotam begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Hizkiyahu;
And Hizkiyahu begat Mnasheh; and Mnasheh begat Amon; and Amon begat Yoshiyahu;
And Yoshiyahu begat Ykhanyahu and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Bavel:
And after they were brought to Bavel, Ykhanyahu begat Shaltiel; and Shaltiel begat Zrubavel;
And Zrubavel begat Avihud; and Avihud begat Elyakim; and Elyakim begat Azur;
And Azur begat TZadok; and TZadok begat Yakhim; and Yakhim begat Elichud;
And Elichud begat Elazar; and Elazar begat Mattan; and Mattan begat Yaakov;
And Yaakov begat Yosef the husband of Miryam, of whom was born Y'shuw`a, who is called Moshiach.
So all the generations from Avraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Bavel are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Bavel unto Moshiach are fourteen generations.
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our father Avraham,
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which Elohim made with our fathers, saying unto Avraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Torah, and the service of Elohim, and the promises;
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Moshiach came, who is over all, Elohim blessed for ever! Amen.
For all the promises of Elohim in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of Elohim by us.
For as many as are of the works of the Torah are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the Torah to do them.
But that no man is justified by the Torah in the sight of Elohim, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
And the Torah is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Moshiach hath redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
That the blessing of Avraham might come on the Gentiles through Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach; that we might receive the promise of the Ruach through faith.
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly Sanctuary.
Ruach HaKodesh this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first Tabernacle was yet standing:
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
And YY hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His Commandments;
He sheweth his word unto Yaakov, his statutes and his judgments unto Yisrael.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye YY .
And, behold, YY stood above it, and said, I am YY Elohim of Avraham thy father, and the Elohim of Yitzchak: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
And Elohim said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Yitzchak: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
That thou mayest love YY thy Elohim, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which YY sware unto thy fathers, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Yaakov, to give them.
But chose the tribe of Yhudah, the mount TZiyon which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith YY ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith YY , from henceforth and for ever.
And I YY will be their Elohim, and my servant David a prince among them; I YY have spoken it.
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's Kingdom.
Blessed be YY Elohim of Yisrael; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
And hath raised up a shofar of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as YY our Elohim shall call.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same YY over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of YY shall be saved.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal kehunnath, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Avraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Thus saith YY ; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his Throne; and with the Lvim the kohanim, my ministers.
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the Torah, but to that also which is of the faith of Avraham; who is the father of us all,
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
But when the fulness of the time was come, Elohim sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the Torah,
To redeem them that were under the Torah, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Think not that I am come to destroy the Torah, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith YY , I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
And YY said unto Moshe, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Yisrael.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
If his children forsake my Torah, and walk not in my judgments;
If they break my statutes, and keep not My Commandments;
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Remember, O YY , thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O YY .
And so all Yisrael shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of TZiyon the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Yaakov:
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And brought out Yisrael from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my ruach upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Moshiach, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath Commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Yet it pleased YY to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of YY shall prosper in his hand.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto YY : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have shalom with Elohim through our Lord Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach:
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of Elohim.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he Commanded to a thousand generations.
But thou, O YY , art an Elohim full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of Elohim and man.
Thus saith YY , In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: YY is gracious and full of compassion.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
For I am not ashamed of the good news of Moshiach: for it is the power of Elohim unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
For therein is the righteousness of Elohim revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
The Torah of YY is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of YY is sure, making wise the simple.
The statutes of YY are right, rejoicing the heart: The Commandment of YY is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The fear of YY is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of YY are true and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
But seek ye first the Kingdom of Elohim, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Now the Elohim of shalom, that brought again from the dead our Lord Y'shuw`a, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
And I will delight myself in thy Commandments, which I have loved.
My hands also will I lift up unto thy Commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy Elohim: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
And as Y'shuw`a passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Mattityahu, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
And it came to pass, as Y'shuw`a sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his talmidim.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Not as though the word of Elohim hath taken none effect. For they are not all Yisrael, which are of Yisrael:
Ye are my witnesses, saith YY , and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no Elohim formed, neither shall there be after me.
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
He staggered not at the promise of Elohim through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to Elohim;
YY will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O YY , endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Bless YY , O my soul. O YY my Elohim, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no mitzvah.