Covenant — Old and New

From The King James Bible
God relates to His people through covenants — binding promises with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David — culminating in the New Covenant in Christ's blood, which writes God's law on the heart and grants forgiveness of sins.
Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Prophecy of the new covenant — law written on hearts, sins remembered no more.

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Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

Prophecy of the new covenant — law written on hearts, sins remembered no more.

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Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Prophecy of the new covenant — law written on hearts, sins remembered no more.

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Jeremiah 31:34
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Prophecy of the new covenant — law written on hearts, sins remembered no more.

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Genesis 15:18
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:

The LORD made a covenant with Abram regarding the land and seed.

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Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:3
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:4
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:8
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:9
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:11
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 17:14
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

Covenant of circumcision with Abraham — everlasting covenant.

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Genesis 9:8
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:10
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:15
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.

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:16
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Genesis 9:17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Noahic covenant — rainbow as sign, never again to destroy the earth by flood.

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Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Mosaic covenant — if ye keep my covenant, ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me.

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Exodus 19:6
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Mosaic covenant — if ye keep my covenant, ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me.

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Exodus 24:7
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

Blood of the covenant sprinkled on the people at Sinai.

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Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Blood of the covenant sprinkled on the people at Sinai.

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2 Samuel 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

Davidic covenant — establishing David's throne forever.

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2 Samuel 7:13
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Davidic covenant — establishing David's throne forever.

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2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

Davidic covenant — establishing David's throne forever.

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2 Samuel 7:15
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

Davidic covenant — establishing David's throne forever.

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2 Samuel 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Davidic covenant — establishing David's throne forever.

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Luke 22:20
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

'This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.'

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Hebrews 8:6
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:8
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:11
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 8:13
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Christ is mediator of a better covenant, established upon better promises; quotes Jeremiah 31.

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Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Christ as mediator of the new testament, by means of death for redemption of transgressions.

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Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Abrahamic covenant fulfilled in Christ, not annulled by the law.

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Galatians 3:17
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Abrahamic covenant fulfilled in Christ, not annulled by the law.

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Hebrews 13:20
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

The blood of the everlasting covenant through the great Shepherd of the sheep.

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