Genesis 26:5

God's Word

I will bless you because Abraham obeyed me and completed the duties, commands, laws, and instructions I gave him.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:4

So Abram left, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.

Genesis 17:23

So Abraham took his son Ishmael, everyone born in his household, and everyone bought with money—every male in his household—and circumcised them that day, as God had told him.

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him so that he will direct his children and his family after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. In this way I, the Lord, will do what I have promised Abraham.”

Genesis 22:16

and said, “I am taking an oath on my own name, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not refused to give me your son, your only son,

Genesis 22:18

Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Matthew 5:19

So whoever sets aside any command that seems unimportant and teaches others to do the same will be unimportant in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches what the commands say will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So, then, brothers and sisters, don’t let anyone move you off the foundation ⌞of your faith⌟. Always excel in the work you do for the Lord. You know that the hard work you do for the Lord is not pointless.

Galatians 5:6

As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.

Hebrews 11:8

Faith led Abraham to obey when God called him to go to a place that he would receive as an inheritance. Abraham left his own country without knowing where he was going.

James 2:21

Didn’t our ancestor Abraham receive God’s approval as a result of what he did when he offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice on the altar?