Hebrews 6:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Hebrews 6:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 22:15-18
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, …
Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Jeremiah 22:5
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
Psalms 105:9-10
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; …
Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

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Abraham Assurance Atheism Attributes of God Believing Covenant Cursing Faith

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-20)

The apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the Hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would persevere; and proposes to them the great encouragements they had in the way of their duty. I. He freely and openly declares the good hope he had conc…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. For--confirming the reasonableness of resting on “the promises” as infallibly sure, resting as they do on God’s oath, by the instance of Abraham. “He now gives consolation, by the oath of God’s grace, to those whom, in the second, third, and fourth chapters, he had warned by the oath of God’s ‘wrath.’ The oath of wrath did not primarily extend its force beyond the wilderness; but the oath of g…