100 Bible Verses About Covenant
Bible verses about Covenant
Exploring covenant in scripture reveals the very heart of God's relationship with humanity. From Noah to Abraham, Moses to David, and ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, covenants demonstrate God's unwavering commitment to His promises and His people. Understanding covenant is understanding God's steadfast love, His faithfulness, and His intentional plan for redemption. As we delve into these verses, let us not only learn about covenants, but also allow them to shape our understanding of God's character and our own place within His eternal story. Let the exploration of covenant bring us closer to the divine embrace, solidifying our faith and inspiring us to live in accordance with His will.
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1 Samuel 14:39 (KJV)
For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
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Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
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.
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
And God spake all these words, saying,
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.
Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
Exploring these Bible verses on covenant reveals the very heart of God's relationship with humanity. From Noah's ark to the promise to Abraham and culminating in the new covenant established through Jesus Christ, we see a consistent thread of divine commitment and unwavering love. God initiates and maintains these agreements, demonstrating faithfulness even when we falter. These covenants are not mere contracts, but sacred bonds built on grace, promise, and mutual responsibility. Reflecting on these passages encourages us to examine our own covenantal relationships – with God, with our families, and with our communities. How are we upholding our end of the agreement? Are we living lives that reflect the trustworthiness and unwavering love embodied in God's covenants? May these verses inspire us to deeper commitment, greater faithfulness, and a richer understanding of God's enduring promise to be with us always.