Genesis 9:16 Cross References

Genesis 9:16

16: When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth."

All must be circumcised. Your bodies will thus bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.

"It is my family God has chosen! Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me. His agreement is eternal, final, sealed. He will constantly look after my safety and success.

But God replied, "Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my everlasting covenant with him and his descendants.

In a moment of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer.
"Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth and destroy its life, so now I swear that I will never again pour out my anger on you.
For the mountains may depart and the hills disappear, but even then I will remain loyal to you. My covenant of blessing will never be broken," says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

The LORD said, "I have made a solemn agreement with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:
`I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.'"

"Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, for the life of your soul is at stake. I am ready to make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the mercies and unfailing love that I promised to David.

And the LORD was pleased with the sacrifice and said to himself, "I will never again curse the earth, destroying all living things, even though people's thoughts and actions are bent toward evil from childhood.
As long as the earth remains, there will be springtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night."

"I will continue this everlasting covenant between us, generation after generation. It will continue between me and your offspring forever. And I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

"I am making a covenant with you and your descendants,
and with the animals you brought with you--all these birds and livestock and wild animals.
I solemnly promise never to send another flood to kill all living creatures and destroy the earth."

"And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, promising not to stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.

And now, may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, all that is pleasing to him. Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep by an everlasting covenant, signed with his blood. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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