Hebrews 6:18

New Revised Standard Version

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Cross References

Genesis 19:22

Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” Therefore the city was called Zoar.

1 Kings 2:28

When the news came to Joab—for Joab had supported Adonijah though he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and grasped the horns of the altar.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

Proverbs 4:13

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

Isaiah 27:5

Or else let it cling to me for protection, let it make peace with me, let it make peace with me.

Isaiah 51:12

I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?

Isaiah 56:4

For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant,

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.

Romans 15:5

May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,

Romans 3:25

whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Romans 3:4

By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging.”

Romans 5:5

and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

Philippians 2:1

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy,

Colossians 1:23

provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.

Colossians 1:27

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming.

1 Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began—

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.

Hebrews 3:11

As in my anger I swore, ‘They will not enter my rest.’ ”

Hebrews 3:6

Christ, however, was faithful over God's house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.

Hebrews 6:17

In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God.

Hebrews 7:21

but this one became a priest with an oath, because of the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’ ”—

Joshua 20:3

so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

1 John 5:10

Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

1 Samuel 15:29

Moreover the Glory of Israel will not recant or change his mind; for he is not a mortal, that he should change his mind.”