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27 Bible Verses about Covenant Relationships. Most Relevant Verses. 2 Samuel 5:3. Verse Concepts. So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel. 1 Chronicles 11:3. Verse Concepts.
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- Noahic Covenant. After Adam and Eve’s exile from Eden, the biblical narrative feels grim. In Genesis 4, Cain sides with the serpent, killing his brother in cold blood, and a man named Lamech brags about his murderous, chauvinistic ways.
- Abrahamic Covenant. After God makes a covenant with Noah, evil continues to ruin the world. Genesis 9-11 traces the downward spiral of humanity, and we’re left to wonder: How will God restore his good world?
- Mosaic Covenant. Exodus opens with Abraham’s offspring multiplying rapidly in Egypt, which threatens the new Pharaoh’s ego. He enslaves God’s people, and they cry out to God to rescue them.
- Davidic Covenant. God’s people enter Canaan (the promised land) and eventually demand a king, stoking their desire to be like other nations. (Already, we are seeing the people lose sight of their covenant at Mount Sinai.)
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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A covenant with God goes even further in specifics, categorized into two types: Suzerain-Vassal covenant and Royal Grant covenant. A Suzerain-Vassal covenantrepresented legal treaties set between kings and their subjects, or between two kings, that established what the king would do for the subjects and how they were to respond back to his governme...
The first recorded covenant God made with His people was through His loyal servant Noah, who followed God’s instructions to build an ark that ultimately saved him and his family when God flooded the earth. The Noahic Covenant resembled the Royal Grant covenant in that God gave Noah His promise to not destroy the earth with a flood again, thus repre...
In reviewing all of the covenants God has formed with His people, the unchanging truth is that all are connected to God’s desire to be in relationship with His people and help them reach potentials that are not possible through human strength alone. In each covenant, He chooses someone many wouldn’t look twice at to be the mouthpiece for establishi...
- Hebrews 9:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes. Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- Matthew 26:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes. For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Jeremiah 31:31-34 ESV / 11 helpful votes. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord.
- Luke 22:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes. And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
Genesis 17:7. Verse Concepts. I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. Exodus 31:16.
The covenant applies to all for whom God confirmed his promise by an oath. God made a promise to all mankind (John 3:16). God backed up that promise by making an oath to Christ concerning the validity of his high priesthood under the new covenant (Hebrews 6:16-20, cf Hebrews 7:21-22).
