Hebrews 6:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ For when God made [His] promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

Common English Bible

¹³ When God gave Abraham his promise, he swore by himself since he couldn’t swear by anyone greater.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ For God, in making promises to Abraham, swore by himself, (because he had no one greater by whom he might swear),

Hebrews 6:13 Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:16

even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

Jeremiah 44:26

Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.

Jeremiah 49:13

For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

Ezekiel 32:13

I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Luke 1:73

the oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

Galatians 3:15

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.

Galatians 3:18

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Deuteronomy 1:8

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.