Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Cross References (30)

  • Proverbs 19:21 (10)

    Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

  • Hebrews 6:18 (10)

    Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set

  • Isaiah 55:11 (9)

    so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will pr

  • Isaiah 14:24 (8)

    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

  • Hebrews 11:9 (7)

    By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, wh

  • Psalms 110:4 (6)

    The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Psalms 33:11 (5)

    The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

  • John 10:10 (5)

    The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness

  • Isaiah 55:7 (4)

    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have co

  • 1 Peter 3:7 (4)

    Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of t

  • Galatians 3:29 (4)

    And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

  • Hebrews 6:16 (4)

    Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

  • 1 Peter 1:3 (4)

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope

  • Hebrews 6:12 (4)

    Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

  • Malachi 3:6 (4)

    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

  • James 1:17 (4)

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no cha

  • Job 23:13–14 (4)

    But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

  • Romans 11:29 (4)

    For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

  • Isaiah 14:26–27 (3)

    This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

  • Isaiah 54:9–10 (3)

    “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I h

  • Romans 8:17 (3)

    And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that w

  • Exodus 22:11 (3)

    an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s p

  • Hebrews 11:7 (3)

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemn

  • Isaiah 46:10 (3)

    I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and a

  • Jeremiah 33:25–26 (3)

    This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heav

  • Jeremiah 33:20–21 (3)

    “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and n

  • Song of Solomon 5:1 (3)

    I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my

  • Genesis 26:28 (2)

    “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath betwe

  • James 2:5 (2)

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He

  • Psalms 36:8 (2)

    They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.