Hebrews 6:17

New Century Version

God wanted to prove that his promise was true to those who would get what he promised. And he wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change, so he made an oath.

Cross References

Genesis 26:28

They answered, “Now we know that the Lord is with you. Let us swear an oath to each other. Let us make an agreement with you

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has made a promise and will not change his mind. He said, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”

Psalm 33:11

But the Lord’s plans will stand forever; his ideas will last from now on.

Psalm 36:8

They eat the rich food in your house, and you let them drink from your river of pleasure.

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.

Proverbs 19:21

People can make all kinds of plans, but only the Lord’s plan will happen.

Song of Solomon 5:1

I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey. I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; yes, drink deeply, lovers.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise: “These things will happen exactly as I planned them; they will happen exactly as I set them up.

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened. When I plan something, it happens. What I want to do, I will do.

Isaiah 55:11

The same thing is true of the words I speak. They will not return to me empty. They make the things happen that I want to happen, and they succeed in doing what I send them to do.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked should stop doing wrong, and they should stop their evil thoughts. They should return to the Lord so he may have mercy on them. They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Malachi 3:6

“I the Lord do not change. So you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

John 10:10

A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I came to give life—life in all its fullness.

Romans 11:29

God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them.

Romans 8:17

If we are God’s children, we will receive blessings from God together with Christ. But we must suffer as Christ suffered so that we will have glory as Christ has glory.

Galatians 3:29

You belong to Christ, so you are Abraham’s descendants. You will inherit all of God’s blessings because of the promise God made to Abraham.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Hebrews 11:7

It was by faith that Noah heard God’s warnings about things he could not yet see. He obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family. By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.

Hebrews 11:9

It was by faith that he lived like a foreigner in the country God promised to give him. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had received that same promise from God.

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy. Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised.

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.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

James 1:17

Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor in the world to be rich with faith and to receive the kingdom God promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 Peter 3:7

In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way, since they are weaker than you. But show them respect, because God gives them the same blessing he gives you—the grace that gives true life. Do this so that nothing will stop your prayers.