Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Who is the Lord of this world?The Hebrew Bible repeatedly affirms YHWH as sovereign over all the kingdoms and the whole earth, but several New Testament passages — most notably the Temptati…
Are the laws of the Old Testament still binding?Deuteronomy 7:9, 11:1, 12:1, and Psalm 119:151-160 declare the commandments and statutes binding 'forever,' 'always,' and 'to a thousand generations.' Jesus in…
Psalms 105:8(v15)He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Genesis 13:15(v18)for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
Genesis 17:2(v16)I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
Genesis 26:3(v16)Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will…
Deuteronomy 7:9(v15)Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and…
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Psalms 25:10(v15)All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Malachi 4:4(v15)“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
Genesis 35:11(v16)God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out…
Deuteronomy 32:8(v18)When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according…
Psalms 44:17(v15)All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
Psalms 48:10-11(v14)As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the…
Isaiah 26:9(v14)With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the…
Genesis 35:11-12(vv17–18)God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out…
Genesis 15:18(v16)In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great…
Genesis 17:7-8(v17)I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to…
Exodus 15:2(v14)Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 19:5-6(v13)Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all…
Numbers 26:53-56(v18)“To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To the more you shall give the more inheritance,…
Psalms 100:3(v14)Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 135:4(v13)For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.
Galatians 3:15-17(v16)Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.…
1 Peter 2:9(v13)But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of…
Genesis 28:13-14(vv13, 16, 18)Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie…
Genesis 12:7(vv16, 18)Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 17:7(v13)I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to…
Genesis 17:8(v18)I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting…
Genesis 22:16-18(v16)and said, “ ‘I have sworn by myself,’ says Yahweh, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, that I…
Genesis 35:10-12(v13)God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel. God said…
Exodus 3:15(v16)God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of…
Exodus 3:17(v17)I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the…
Deuteronomy 7:6(v13)For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who…
Joshua 24:11-13(v17)“ ‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the…
2 Samuel 23:5(v17)Isn’t my house so with God? Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation,…
1 Chronicles 16:12(v14)Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Nehemiah 9:8(v16)found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the…
Psalms 63:1(v14)God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no…
Psalms 78:10(v17)They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
Psalms 95:7(v14)for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
Psalms 97:8-9(v14)Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, Yahweh. For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the…
Psalms 118:28(v14)You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
Isaiah 55:3(v17)Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Jeremiah 11:2(v17)“Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Luke 1:72-73(v16)to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
Acts 3:25(v16)You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the…
Hebrews 6:13-18(v16)For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless…
Hebrews 13:20(v17)Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord…
Micah 2:5(v18)Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly.
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv13, 18Meaning hereby that the promise of adoption only appertaineth…
Meaning hereby that the promise of adoption only appertaineth to the Church.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary1859 · Public DomainOn v13Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham.
Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv13, 14, 15, 17, 1813. of Israel] Psa_105:6, of Abraham.
13. of Israel] Psa_105:6, of Abraham.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv13–18(13) Seed of Israel.—Psa_105:6 reads, “Abraham.” “Israel” improves the…
(13) Seed of Israel.—Psa_105:6 reads, “Abraham.” “Israel” improves the parallelism, and is probably a correction. Syriac and Arabic have “Abraham.”
His servant.—LXX., “his servants.” (Comp. “servant of Jehovah” as a title of Israel in Isaiah.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv14–15Vers. 14-22. These verses rehearse the ancient and blissful…
Vers. 14-22. These verses rehearse the ancient and blissful covenant which had made Israel so to differ. These are called mine anointed my prophets, in harmony with what we read in the splendid passage, Exo_19:3-6. The substitution in our vers. 15, 19 of the second person pronoun plural, in place of the third person of the psalm, helps speak the reality of this occasion and its dramatic correctness. The literal original of our Authorized Version in ver. 19, but few, even a few, is, men of number, i.e. men who could easily be numbered.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Biblical Illustrator1887 · Public DomainOn v15Be ye always mindful of His covenant
1Ch_16:15-22
Be ye always mindful of His covenant
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The national covenant
Learn:
I.
That Gods method of intercourse with men has ever been in the form of a covenant. Tayler Lewes says: There is no religion without this idea of covenant with a personal God, and therefore all such views as those of Comte, Mill, and Spencer are, for all moral and religious purposes, wholly atheistical.
II. That this covenant method of intercourse with men displays the sovereign will and free grace of God (Eph_1:5).
III. That this covenant method of intercourse puts man under deep obligation to God.
1. They are chosen to great favours.
2. They should render thanks for these favours.
IV. The obligations of men to God for his covenant mercies can never cease.
1. It is of Divine authority.
2. It is confirmed from time to time.
3. It is an everlasting covenant (1Ch_16:17), made with man as an immortal being, and in itself an evidence of his designed immortality. (J. Wolfendale.)
The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
C. I. Scofield1917 · Public DomainOn v16(See Scofield "Gen 15:18").
Abraham
(See Scofield "Gen 15:18").
The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On v15Keep his covenant ... for a thousand generations
Keep his covenant ... for a thousand generations
These two phrases share similar meanings and are used together for emphasis. Here "word" refers to the covenant. AT: "Keep his covenant in mind forever, the promise that he made for a thousand generations" (See: Parallelism and Metonymy)
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Keep his covenant in mind
This means to remember and think about his covenant. AT: "Remember his covenant" (See: Idiom)
a thousand generations
"1,000 generations" (See: Numbers)
He calls to mind
The phrase "calls to mind" means to remember something. AT: "He remembers" (See: Idiom)
the covenant that he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac
Both "the covenant" and "the oath" refer to the same promise that Yahweh made to his people. (See: Parallelism)
his oath to Isaac
This refers to the oath that he had previously made to Issac. AT: "his oath that he made to Isaac" (See: Ellipsis)
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv13, 18 Meaning hereby that the promise of adoption only appertaineth…
Meaning hereby that the promise of adoption only appertaineth to the Church.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v13 Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham.
Israel. In Psalm civ., Abraham.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv13, 14, 15, 17, 18 13. of Israel] Psa_105:6, of Abraham.
13. of Israel] Psa_105:6, of Abraham.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv13–18 (13) Seed of Israel.—Psa_105:6 reads, “Abraham.” “Israel” improves the…
(13) Seed of Israel.—Psa_105:6 reads, “Abraham.” “Israel” improves the parallelism, and is probably a correction. Syriac and Arabic have “Abraham.”
His servant.—LXX., “his servants.” (Comp. “servant of Jehovah” as a title of Israel in Isaiah.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Vers. 14-22. These verses rehearse the ancient and blissful…
Vers. 14-22. These verses rehearse the ancient and blissful covenant which had made Israel so to differ. These are called mine anointed my prophets, in harmony with what we read in the splendid passage, Exo_19:3-6. The substitution in our vers. 15, 19 of the second person pronoun plural, in place of the third person of the psalm, helps speak the reality of this occasion and its dramatic correctness. The literal original of our Authorized Version in ver. 19, but few, even a few, is, men of number, i.e. men who could easily be numbered.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v15 Be ye always mindful of His covenant
1Ch_16:15-22
Be ye always mindful of His covenant
Read full note →
The national covenant
Learn:
I.
That Gods method of intercourse with men has ever been in the form of a covenant. Tayler Lewes says: There is no religion without this idea of covenant with a personal God, and therefore all such views as those of Comte, Mill, and Spencer are, for all moral and religious purposes, wholly atheistical.
II. That this covenant method of intercourse with men displays the sovereign will and free grace of God (Eph_1:5).
III. That this covenant method of intercourse puts man under deep obligation to God.
1. They are chosen to great favours.
2. They should render thanks for these favours.
IV. The obligations of men to God for his covenant mercies can never cease.
1. It is of Divine authority.
2. It is confirmed from time to time.
3. It is an everlasting covenant (1Ch_16:17), made with man as an immortal being, and in itself an evidence of his designed immortality. (J. Wolfendale.)
The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v16 (See Scofield "Gen 15:18").
Abraham
(See Scofield "Gen 15:18").
The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v15 Keep his covenant ... for a thousand generations
Keep his covenant ... for a thousand generations
These two phrases share similar meanings and are used together for emphasis. Here "word" refers to the covenant. AT: "Keep his covenant in mind forever, the promise that he made for a thousand generations" (See: Parallelism and Metonymy)
Read full note →
Keep his covenant in mind
This means to remember and think about his covenant. AT: "Remember his covenant" (See: Idiom)
a thousand generations
"1,000 generations" (See: Numbers)
He calls to mind
The phrase "calls to mind" means to remember something. AT: "He remembers" (See: Idiom)
the covenant that he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac
Both "the covenant" and "the oath" refer to the same promise that Yahweh made to his people. (See: Parallelism)
his oath to Isaac
This refers to the oath that he had previously made to Issac. AT: "his oath that he made to Isaac" (See: Ellipsis)
as your share
"as your part"
translationWords
covenant
mind
eternity
command
generation
Abraham
oath
Isaac
confirm
statute
eternity
Canaan
inherit
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