(Compiled by R.A. Torrey
Promises of God:
- Contained in the Scriptures
kjv@Romans:1:2 @ (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
- Made in Christ
kjv@Ephesians:3:6 @ That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
kjv@2Timothy:1:1 @ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
- Made to Christ
kjv@Galatians:3:16 @ Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
kjv@Galatians:3:19 @ Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Made to Abraham
kjv@Genesis:12:3 @ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
kjv@Genesis:12:7 @ And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
kjv@Galatians:3:16 @ Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
- Made to Isaac
kjv@Genesis:26:3-4 @ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Made to Jacob
kjv@Genesis:28:14 @ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
- Made to David
kjv@2Samuel:7:12 @ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
kjv@Psalms:89:3-4 @ I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
kjv@Psalms:89:35-36 @ Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- Made to The Israelites
kjv@Romans:9:4 @ Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Made to The Fathers
kjv@Acts:13:32 @ And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
kjv@Acts:26:6-7 @ And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- Made to All who are called of God
kjv@Acts:2:39 @ For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- Made to Those who love him
kjv@James:1:12 @ Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
kjv@James:2:5 @ Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
- Confirmed by an oath
kjv@Psalms:89:3-4 @ I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
kjv@Hebrews:8:6 @ But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Covenant established upon
kjv@Hebrews:8:6 @ But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- God is faithful to
kjv@Titus:1:2 @ In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
kjv@Hebrews:10:23 @ Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- God remembers
kjv@Psalms:105:42 @ For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
kjv@Luke:1:54-5 @ He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
- Are Good
kjv@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
- Are Holy
kjv@Psalms:105:42 @ For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
- Are Exceeding great and precious
kjv@2Peter:1:4 @ Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- Are Confirmed in Christ
kjv@Romans:15:8 @ Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
- Are Yea and amen in Christ
kjv@2Corinthians:1:20 @ For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
- Are Fulfilled in Christ
kjv@Acts:13:23 @ Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
kjv@Luke:1:69-73 @ And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
- Are Through the righteousness of faith
kjv@Romans:4:13 @ For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
kjv@Romans:4:16 @ Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
- Are Obtained through faith
kjv@Hebrews:11:33 @ Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
- Are Given to those who believe
kjv@Galatians:3:22 @ But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
- Are Inherited through faith and patience
kjv@Hebrews:6:12 @ That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
kjv@Hebrews:6:15 @ And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
kjv@Hebrews:10:36 @ For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
- Are Performed in due season
kjv@Jeremiah:33:14 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
kjv@Acts:7:17 @ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
kjv@Galatians:4:4 @ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
- Not one shall fail
kjv@Joshua:23:14 @ And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
kjv@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
- The law not against
kjv@Galatians:3:21 @ Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
- The law could not disannul
kjv@Galatians:3:17 @ And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
- Subject of - Christ
kjv@2Samuel:7:12-13 @ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
kjv@Acts:13:22-23 @ And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
- Subject of - The Holy Spirit
kjv@Acts:2:33 @ Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
kjv@Ephesians:1:13 @ In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
- Subject of - The gospel
kjv@Romans:1:1-2 @ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
- Subject of - Life in Christ
kjv@2Timothy:1:1 @ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
- Subject of - A crown of life
kjv@James:1:12 @ Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- Subject of - Eternal life
kjv@Titus:1:2 @ In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
kjv@1John:2:25 @ And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
- Subject of - The life that now is
kjv@1Timothy:4:8 @ For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- Subject of - Adoption
kjv@2Corinthians:6:18 @ And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
kjv@2Corinthians:7:1 @ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Subject of - Preservation in affliction
kjv@Isaiah:43:2 @ When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
- Subject of - Blessing
kjv@Deuteronomy:1:11 @ (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
- Subject of - Forgiveness of sins
kjv@Isaiah:1:18 @ Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
kjv@Hebrews:8:12 @ For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
- Subject of - Putting the law into the heart
kjv@Jeremiah:31:33 @ But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
kjv@Hebrews:8:10 @ For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
- Subject of - Second coming of Christ
kjv@2Peter:3:4 @ And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
- Subject of - New heavens and earth
kjv@2Peter:3:13 @ Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- Subject of - Entering into rest
kjv@Joshua:22:4 @ And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
kjv@Hebrews:4:1 @ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
- Should lead to perfecting holiness
kjv@2Corinthians:7:1 @ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- The inheritance of the saints is of
kjv@Romans:4:13 @ For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
kjv@Galatians:3:18 @ For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
- Saints - Children of
kjv@Romans:9:8 @ That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
kjv@Galatians:4:28 @ Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
- Saints - Heirs of
kjv@Galatians:3:29 @ And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
kjv@Hebrews:6:17 @ Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
kjv@Hebrews:11:9 @ By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- Saints - Stagger not at
kjv@Romans:4:20 @ He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
- Saints - Have implicit confidence in
kjv@Hebrews:11:11 @ Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Expect the performance of
kjv@Luke:1:38 @ And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
kjv@Luke:1:45 @ And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
kjv@2Peter:3:13 @ Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- Saints - Sometimes, through infirmity, tempted to doubt
kjv@Psalms:77:8 @ Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
kjv@Psalms:77:10 @ And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
- Saints - Plead in prayer
kjv@Genesis:32:9 @ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
kjv@Genesis:32:12 @ And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
kjv@1Chronicles:17:23 @ Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
kjv@1Chronicles:17:26 @ And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
kjv@Isaiah:43:26 @ Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
- Saints - Should wait for the performance of
kjv@Acts:1:4 @ And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
- Gentiles shall be partakers of
kjv@Ephesians:3:6 @ That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
- Man, by nature, has no interest in
kjv@Ephesians:2:12 @ That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Scoffers despise
kjv@2Peter:3:3-4 @ Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
- Fear, lest ye come short of
kjv@Hebrews:4:1 @ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
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