GOD’S PROMISES

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Some of God’s promises mentioned in the Bible.


Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. - Joshua 21:45


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For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those who are fully committed to Him ... - 2 Chronicles 16:9


From six calamities He will rescue you, in seven no harm will touch you. In famine He will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes. You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals. For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing. You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season. “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.” - Job 5:19-27


Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will be your future. - Job 8:7


He will let fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more ... - Job 8:21,22


… Submit to God and be at peace with Him; in this way prosperity will come to you. - Job 22:21


Blessed is the one who does not walk in the step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither - whatever they do prospers. - Psalms 1


But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. - Psalms 9:18


For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land. - Psalms 37:9


The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand. - Psalms 37:23,24


Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake His faithful ones. -  Psalms 37:27,28


But all sinners will be destroyed, there will be no future for the wicked. - Psalms 37:38


If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. - Psalms 91:9-12


“Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name. He will call on Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation. - Psalms 91:14-16


But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. - Psalms 115:4-8


Blessed are those who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their heart ... - Psalms 119:2


The blessing of the Lord brings wealth without painful toil for it. - Proverbs 10:22


A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. - Proverbs 11:25


Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf. - Proverbs 11:28


Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil - they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. They bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them. Your eyes will see the king in its beauty and view a land stretches afar. ... No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven. - Isaiah 33:15-17,24


... Everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. - Isaiah 35:10


I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar and daughters from the ends of the earth - everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed and made. ... - Isaiah 43:6,7


I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord ... - Isaiah 45:3


The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. Then all your people will be righteous and they will posses the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of My hands, for the display of My splendour. - Isaiah 60:19-21


... whose heart turns away from the Lord. That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. - Jeremiah 17:5,6


“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” - Jeremiah 17:7,8


I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord. They will be My people and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart. - Jeremiah 24:7


... I will come to you and fulfill My good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you ... - Jeremiah 29:10,11


... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord ... - Jeremiah 29:11-14


... I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. - Ezekiel 7:27


I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. - Ezekiel 11:19


I will not hold back; I will not have pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions, declares the Sovereign Lord... - Ezekiel 24:14


Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing. ... - Ezekiel 47:12


... And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD IS THERE. - Ezekiel 48:35


... Not one will get away, none will escape. Though they dig down to the depths below, from there My hand will take them. Though they will climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring them down. Though they hide themselves at the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they will hide form My eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. Though they are driven to the exile by their enemies, there I will command the sword to slain them. ... - Amos 9:1-4


Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. ... - Zephaniah 1:18


... Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. ... - Matthew 5:44,45


“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves brake in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” - Matthew 6:19,20


Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. ... - Matthew 7:7,8


Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. - Matthew 7:13,14


Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. - Matthew 7:19


If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. ... - Matthew 19:21


... everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. - Matthew 19:29


Then he said to his servants, “The wedding banquet is ready, but  those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.” So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people who they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, “How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?” The man was speechless. Then the king told the attendants, “Tie hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” - Matthew 22:8-13


... Then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see a Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. - Matthew 24:30


Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. - Matthew 24:35


Go, sell everything you have and give it to the poor. And you will have treasure in heaven. ... - Mark 10:21


... whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. - Mark 11:24


... Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. ... If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High ... Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. - Luke 6:27-30,32-36


... For your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. - Luke 12:32


Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail ... - Luke 12:33


... not a hair of your head will perish. - Luke 21:18


Whoever believes in the Son has eternal live, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. - John 3:36


“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, will have the light of life.” - John 8:12


I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die. ... - John 11:25


I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness. - John 12:46


God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” - Romans 2:6


For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 6:23


If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. - Romans 10:9


“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” - the things God has prepared for those who love Him... - 1 Corinthians 2:9


... Whoever loves God is known by God. - 1 Corinthians 8:3


... God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. - 1 Corinthians 10:13


... Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things and all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor: their righteousness endures forever.” - 2 Corinthians 9:6-8


The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. - Galatians 5:19-21


“In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.” - Hebrews 1:10-12


... land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned. - Hebrews 6:8


... without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. - Hebrews 11:6


Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will free from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up. - James 4:7-10


Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and it’s desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. - 1 John 2:15-17


... To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. - Revelation 2:7


... The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death. - Revelation 2:11


... To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it. - Revelation 2:17


To the one who is victorious and does My will to the end, I will give authority over the nations - that one “will rule them with an iron sceptre and will dash them to pieces like pottery” - just as I have received authority from My Father, I will also give that one the morning star. - Revelation 2:26-29


... They will walk with Me dressed in white, for they are worthy. The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life ... - Revelation 3:4,5


The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of My God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from My God; and I will also write on them My new name. - Revelation 3:12


Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with Me. - Revelation 3:20


To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with My Father on His throne. - Revelation 3:21


... “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their shepherd; He will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” - Revelation 7:14-17


During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. - Revelation 9:6


... they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with the women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. ... - Revelation 14:3,4


... the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings... - Revelation 17:14


Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added “These are true words of God.” - Revelation 19:9


And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. - Revelation 20:12


Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. - Revelation 20:15


And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” - Revelation 21:3,4


He said to me: “It is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be My children. - Revelation 21:6,7


... the cowardly, those who practise magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. - Revelation 21:8


I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are it’s temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendour into it. On no day its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. - Revelation 21:22-27


Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practise magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practise falsehood. - Revelation 22:14,15