Genesis 24:3

New Century Version

Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don’t get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

Cross References

Genesis 14:19

and blessed Abram, saying, “Abram, may you be blessed by God Most High, the God who made heaven and earth.

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 21:23

So make a promise to me here before God that you will be fair with me and my children and my descendants. Be kind to me and to this land where you have lived as a stranger—as kind as I have been to you.”

Genesis 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, “I will give this land to your descendants.’ The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of these Hittite women here in this land, I want to die.”

Genesis 28:1

Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.

Genesis 28:8

So Esau saw that his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.

Genesis 34:9

Marry our people. Give your women to our men as wives and take our women for your men as wives.

Genesis 38:2

There Judah met a Canaanite girl, the daughter of a man named Shua, and married her. Judah had sexual relations with her,

Genesis 47:31

Then Jacob said, “Promise me.” And Joseph promised him that he would do this. Then Israel worshiped as he leaned on the top of his walking stick.

Genesis 50:25

Then Joseph had the sons of Israel make a promise. He said, “Promise me that you will carry my bones with you out of Egypt.”

Genesis 6:2

When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also later. That was when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of human beings. These women gave birth to children, who became famous and were the mighty warriors of long ago.

2 Kings 19:15

and prayed to the Lord: “Lord, God of Israel, whose throne is between the gold creatures with wings, only you are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

2 Chronicles 2:12

Hiram also said: “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, one with wisdom and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.

Ezra 5:11

This is the answer they gave to us: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the Temple that a great king of Israel built and finished many years ago.

Nehemiah 13:25

I argued with those people, put curses on them, hit some of them, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise to God, saying, “Do not let your daughters marry the sons of foreigners, and do not take the daughters of foreigners as wives for your sons or yourselves.

Nehemiah 9:6

You are the only Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, with all the stars. You made the earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; you give life to everything. The heavenly army worships you.

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love continues forever.

Exodus 20:7

“You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly; the Lord will punish anyone who misuses his name.

Exodus 22:11

That neighbor must promise before the Lord that he did not harm or kill the other man’s animal, and the owner of the animal must accept his promise made before God. The neighbor does not have to pay the owner for the animal.

Exodus 23:13

“Be sure to do all that I have said to you. You must not even say the names of other gods; those names must not come out of your mouth.

Exodus 34:16

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Isaiah 45:23

I will make a promise by my own power, and my promise is true; what I say will not be changed. I promise that everyone will bow before me and will promise to follow me.

Isaiah 48:1

The Lord says, “Family of Jacob, listen to me. You are called Israel, and you come from the family of Judah. You swear by the Lord’s name and praise the God of Israel, but you are not honest or sincere.

Isaiah 65:16

People in the land who ask for blessings will ask for them from the faithful God. And people in the land who make a promise will promise in the name of the faithful God, because the troubles of the past will be forgotten. I will make those troubles go away.

Jeremiah 10:11

“Tell them this message: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth; they will be destroyed and disappear from heaven and earth.’ ”

Jeremiah 12:16

I want them to learn their lessons well. In the past they taught my people to swear by Baal’s name. But if they will now learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives . . . ’ I will allow them to rebuild among my people.

Jeremiah 29:6

Get married and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons, and let your daughters be married so they also may have sons and daughters. Have many children in Babylon; don’t become fewer in number.

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.”

Leviticus 19:12

You must not make a false promise by my name, or you will show that you don’t respect your God. I am the Lord.

Zephaniah 1:5

I will destroy those who worship the stars from the roofs, and those who worship and make promises by both the Lord and the god Molech,

Numbers 5:21

the priest will then put on her the curse that the oath will bring—“the Lord will make the people curse and reject you. He will make your stomach get big, and he will make your body unable to give birth to another baby.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman must stay with her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry any man she wants, but she must marry another believer.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Respect the Lord your God and serve him. Be loyal to him and make your promises in his name.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Respect the Lord your God. You must worship him and make your promises only in his name.

Hebrews 6:16

People always use the name of someone greater than themselves when they swear. The oath proves that what they say is true, and this ends all arguing.

Joshua 2:12

So now, promise me before the Lord that you will show kindness to my family just as I showed kindness to you. Give me some proof that you will do this.

Judges 14:3

His father and mother answered, “Surely there is a woman from Israel you can marry. Do you have to marry a woman from the Philistines, who are not circumcised?” But Samson said, “Get that woman for me! She is the one I want!”

1 Samuel 20:17

And Jonathan asked David to repeat his promise of love for him, because he loved David as much as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 30:15

David asked him, “Can you lead me to the people who took our families?” He answered, “Yes, if you promise me before God that you won’t kill me or give me back to my master. Then I will take you to them.”