Jeremiah 4:2

New International Version

and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ then the nations will invoke blessings by him and in him they will boast.”

Cross References

Isaiah 65:16

Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

Genesis 22:18

and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

2 Corinthians 10:17

But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 1:31

Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

Galatians 3:8

Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

Jeremiah 12:16

And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.

Isaiah 45:25

But all the descendants of Israel will find deliverance in the Lord and will make their boast in him.

Psalm 72:17

May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.

Zechariah 8:8

I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.”

Isaiah 45:23

By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Hosea 2:19

I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ still they are swearing falsely.”

Psalm 99:4

The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.

Deuteronomy 4:30

When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him.

Ruth 3:13

Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Jeremiah 7:5

If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.

Jeremiah 12:15

But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.

Jeremiah 33:9

Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.’

Joel 2:12

“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

Deuteronomy 6:13

Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

Malachi 1:11

My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.