Hebrews 6:18

Modern English Version

So that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Cross References

Genesis 19:22

Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

1 Kings 2:28

Then word came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, though he did not support Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.   Selah

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life.

Isaiah 27:5

Or let him rely on My strength; let him make peace with Me; let him make peace with Me.

Isaiah 51:12

I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,

Isaiah 56:4

For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and take hold of My covenant,

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls on Your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of You; for You have hidden Your face from us and have consumed us because of our iniquities.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, prisoners who now have hope. Today I declare that I will return to you a double portion.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He spoken, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who has warned you to escape from the wrath to come?

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Romans 15:5

Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

Romans 3:25

whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith, in His blood, for a demonstration of His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins previously committed,

Romans 3:4

God forbid! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, and may prevail in Your judging.”

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Philippians 2:1

If there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any compassion and mercy,

Colossians 1:23

if you continue in the faith, established and firm, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Colossians 1:27

To them God would make known what is the glorious riches of this mystery among the nations. It is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead —Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the command of God our Savior, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope,

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, to which you are called and have made a good confession before many witnesses.

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began,

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to save his family, by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 3:11

So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as a Son, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of our hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 6:17

So God, wanting to show more abundantly the immutability of His counsel to the heirs of promise, confirmed it by an oath.

Hebrews 7:19

For the law made nothing perfect, but now a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 7:21

(Other priests were made without an oath, but this One with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’ ” )

Joshua 20:3

so that anyone who kills a person without intent and unknowingly may flee there. They shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this witness in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God gave about His Son.

1 Samuel 15:29

Also the Strength of Israel will not lie or repent, for He is not a man, that He should repent.”