17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to ithe heirs of the promise jthe unchangeable character of his purpose, khe guaranteed it with an oath,
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Hebrews 11:9
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
Hebrews 6:18
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
Psalm 110:4
The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”
Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
Galatians 3:20
Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
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