Hebrews 7:1

New American Bible - revised edition

This “Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High,” “met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the kings” and “blessed him.”

Cross References

Psalm 57:2

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me. In you I seek refuge. In the shadow of your wings I seek refuge till harm pass by.

Psalm 76:2

Renowned in Judah is God, whose name is great in Israel.

Psalm 78:35

They remembered that God was their rock, God Most High, their redeemer.

Psalm 78:56

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High, his decrees they did not observe.

Daniel 4:2

I had a terrifying dream as I lay in bed, and the images and my visions frightened me.

Daniel 5:18

The Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, splendor, and majesty.

Daniel 5:21

he was cast out from human society and his heart was made like that of a beast; he lived with wild asses, and ate grass like an ox; his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God is sovereign over human kingship and sets over it whom he will.

Micah 6:6

With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow before God most high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Mark 5:7

crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”

Acts 16:17

She began to follow Paul and us, shouting, “These people are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.”

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, becoming high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:2

And Abraham apportioned to him “a tenth of everything.” His name first means righteous king, and he was also “king of Salem,” that is, king of peace.

Hebrews 7:3

Without father, mother, or ancestry, without beginning of days or end of life, thus made to resemble the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

Hebrews 7:6

But he who was not of their ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.