Bible Verses About The Covenants Of God

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.

obsolescence of the first covenant

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.

explicitly names the new covenant and first covenant

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.

new covenant is better than the old

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:

Jeremiah promise of a new covenant

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:

direct prophecy of a new covenant

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:

contrasts the new covenant with the fathers' covenant

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.

old covenant cannot annul the promise

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

first covenant had occasion for a second

These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

classic old covenant wording, useful context

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.

everlasting covenant with Abraham, useful biblical backdrop

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

enter covenant and oath language

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Horeb covenant background

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

old covenant renewal scene, useful background

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

covenant of life and peace background

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Abrahamic covenant background

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

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

covenant renewal scene, background only

Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

Abraham and Isaac covenant background

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.

sign of covenant with Noah, background

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.

states the first covenant did not continue

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

scriptures leading to salvation in Christ

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

miscited and unrelated to covenants

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

human covenant example, not divine covenant teaching

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

blood of the covenant background

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

people enter covenant with God

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

not about covenants in excerpt

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

prophets and Scriptures point forward

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Moses and prophets testify of Christ

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

shows fulfillment of law, prophets, and psalms in Christ

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

scriptures testify of Christ

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

new and old treasure motif, background for later Christian use

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

old commandment background, not covenant doctrine