Ezekiel 16:8

American Standard Version 2015

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

Cross References

Ruth 3:9

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Isaiah 43:4

Since thou hast been precious in my sight, {\i and} honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 4:31

for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

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.

1 Samuel 12:22

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

Ezekiel 16:6

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, {\i Though thou art} in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, {\i Though thou art} in thy blood, live.

Jeremiah 31:3

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, {\i saying}, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

Jeremiah 31:32

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 a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

Genesis 22:16

and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

Hosea 2:7

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.\par

Hosea 2:15

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.

Isaiah 43:1

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.