Romans 4:17

Lighthouse Bible 2006

(As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things that are not as though they were,

Cross References

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her, and give you a son also from her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be from her.

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 28:3

And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Isaiah 44:7

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show them.

Isaiah 48:13

My hand also has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spanned the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.

Isaiah 49:12

Behold, these shall come from afar: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Isaiah 55:12

For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Matthew 3:9

And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

John 5:21

For as the Father raises up the dead, and gives them life; even so the Son gives life to whom he will.

John 5:25

Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and those who hear shall live.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Acts 15:18

Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Romans 3:29

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Romans 4:18

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your descendents be.

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham were justified by works, he has a reason to glory; but not before God.

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.

Romans 9:11

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to selection might stand, not because of works, but because of him that calls;)

Romans 9:26

And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a life-giving spirit.

1 Timothy 6:13

I solemnly instruct you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate delivered a good testimony;

Hebrews 11:12

Therefore sprang there even from one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Hebrews 11:3

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

1 Peter 2:10

Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved, do not be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.