Quotes about Promise
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.
— Hebrews 6:17
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 before us may be strongly encouraged.
— Hebrews 6:18
For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
— Hebrews 7:10
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
— Hebrews 7:19
And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
— Hebrews 7:20
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
— Hebrews 7:22
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
— Hebrews 7:25
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
— Hebrews 8:7
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
— Hebrews 8:8
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
— Hebrews 8:9
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
— Hebrews 8:10
By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
— Hebrews 8:13