Genesis 22:16
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16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the Lord: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,(A)
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Luke 1:73
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73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us
Psalm 105:9
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9 the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,(A)
Hebrews 6:13-14
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The Certainty of God’s Promise
13 When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,(A) 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.”
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Romans 4:13-14
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God’s Promise Realized through Faith
13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.(A) 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
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Jeremiah 51:14
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14 The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself:
Surely I will fill you with troops like a swarm of locusts,
and they shall raise a shout of victory over you.(A)
Jeremiah 49:13
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13 For by myself I have sworn, says the Lord, that Bozrah shall become an object of horror and ridicule, a waste, and an object of cursing, and all her towns shall be perpetual wastes.(A)
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Genesis 12:2
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2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.(A)
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Isaiah 45:23
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23 By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
“To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear.”(A)
Amos 6:8
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8 The Lord God has sworn by himself
(says the Lord, the God of hosts):
I abhor the pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.(A)
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