Deuteronomy 32:40

New Century Version

I raise my hand toward heaven and make this promise: As surely as I live forever,

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I make a promise to the Lord, the God Most High, who made heaven and earth.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord, the God who lives forever.

2 Samuel 22:47

“The Lord lives! May my Rock be praised! Praise God, the Rock, who saves me!

Psalm 144:11

Save me, rescue me from these foreigners. They are liars; they are dishonest.

Psalm 144:8

They are liars; they are dishonest.

Exodus 6:8

I will lead you to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’ ”

Jeremiah 4:2

If you say when you make a promise, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ and you can say it in a truthful, honest, and right way, then the nations will be blessed by him, and they will praise him for what he has done.”

Jeremiah 44:26

But hear the word of the Lord. Listen, all you Jews living in Egypt. The Lord says, ‘I have sworn by my great name: The people of Judah now living in Egypt will never again use my name to make promises. They will never again say in Egypt, “As surely as the Lord God lives . . . ”

Ezekiel 20:5

Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: When I chose Israel, I made a promise to the descendants of Jacob. I made myself known to them in Egypt, and I promised them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 20:6

At that time I promised them I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had found for them, a fertile land, the best land in the world.

Ezekiel 21:4

Because I am going to cut off the wicked and those who do right, my sword will come out from its holder and attack all people from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:5

Then all people will know that I, the Lord, have pulled my sword out from its holder. My sword will not go back in again.’

Daniel 12:7

The man dressed in linen, who stood over the water, raised his hands toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the name of God who lives forever, “It will be for three and one-half years. The power of the holy people will finally be broken, and then all these things will come true.”

Numbers 14:21

But, as surely as I live and as surely as my glory fills the whole earth, I make this promise:

Revelation 4:10

Then the twenty-four elders bow down before the One who sits on the throne, and they worship him who lives forever and ever. They put their crowns down before the throne and say:

Revelation 4:9

These living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever.