Verses about faithfulness

El is not a man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should relent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram; I am a shield to you; your reward will be very great.” But Abram said, “Adonai YHWH, what will you give me, while I go on childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Look, to me you have not given offspring; and look, one born in my house will be my heir.” And look, the word of YHWH came to him, saying, “This one will not be your heir; but one who will come out from your own body, he will be your heir.” He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And he said to him, “So will your offspring be.” And he believed in YHWH, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

YHWH attended to Sarah as he had said, and YHWH did for Sarah as he had spoken. Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which Elohim had spoken to him. Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

yet with respect to the promise of God he did not waver in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was able also to do.

So YHWH gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers; and they took possession of it and lived in it. And YHWH gave rest to them all around, according to all that he had sworn to their fathers; and not a man of all their enemies stood before them; all their enemies YHWH gave into their hand. Not a word fell of all the good word that YHWH had spoken to the house of Israel; everything came.

“Blessed be YHWH, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he spoke; not one word has fallen of all his good word that he spoke by means of Moses his servant.

For as the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return there, but water the earth and make it give birth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so will be my word that goes out from my mouth; it will not return to me empty, but it will do what pleases me, and it will prosper in that for which I sent it.

But as God is faithful, our word to you is not “Yes and No.” For the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become “Yes and No,” but in him “Yes” has come to be. For as many as are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him goes the “Amen” to God for glory through us.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who promised is faithful.

And Elohim spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, “And I, look, I am establishing my covenant with you and with your offspring after you, and with every living being that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that came out of the ark, to every animal of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you: and never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And Elohim said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am giving between me and you and every living being that is with you, for generations forever: my bow I have put in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. And it will happen, when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the cloud, that I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living being of all flesh; and the waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow will be in the cloud, and I will see it to remember the eternal covenant between Elohim and every living being of all flesh that is on the earth.” And Elohim said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless. I will set my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” Abram fell on his face, and Elohim spoke with him, saying, “As for me, look, my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you fruitful exceedingly, and I will make you into nations, and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, to be Elohim to you and to your offspring after you.

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. And now, if you will listen carefully to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special treasure out of all the peoples; for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

Know that YHWH your Elohim, he is Elohim, the faithful El, who keeps the covenant and the loyal love for those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will come out from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for my name, and I will make firm the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father, and he will be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will rebuke him with the rod of men and with the blows of human beings, but my loyal love will not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I took away from before you. And your house and your kingdom will be firm forever before you; your throne will be established forever.’”

Forever I will keep for him my loyal love, and my covenant will be firm for him. And I will set his offspring forever, and his throne like the days of the heavens. If his sons forsake my instruction and do not walk in my ordinances, if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments, then I will call to account their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with blows. But my loyal love I will not withdraw from him, nor be false to my faithfulness. I will not profane my covenant, and what has gone out of my lips I will not change. Once I have sworn by my holiness: I will not lie to David. His offspring will be forever, and his throne like the sun before me; like the moon it will be established forever, and the witness in the cloud is faithful.” Selah.

Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day 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 YHWH. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares YHWH: I will put my instruction within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be to them Elohim, and they will be to me a people. And no longer will they teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know YHWH,’ for all of them will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, declares YHWH; for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will not remember anymore.”

And taking bread, and giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” And the cup likewise after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

Yet even for all this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them and I will not loathe them so as to destroy them completely and break my covenant with them; for I am YHWH their Elohim. But I will remember for them the covenant with their forefathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, to be their Elohim. I am YHWH.

But they and our fathers acted with arrogance and hardened their neck, and did not listen to your commandments. They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them. Even when they made for themselves a calf of cast metal and said, ‘This is your god who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and committed great acts of contempt, you, in your many mercies, did not abandon them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should go. And your good spirit you gave to give them understanding, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouth, and water you gave them for their thirst. Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

And I will betroth you to me forever; and I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, and in loyal love and in compassion. And I will betroth you to me in faithfulness, and you will know YHWH.

And the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, saying, “Thus says YHWH: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time, then also my covenant may be broken with David my servant, so that he will not have a son reigning on his throne, and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. As the army of the heavens cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.”

What then is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? Much in every way. First of all, it is that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. What then? If some were unfaithful, their unfaithfulness will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? By no means! Rather, let God be true, and every human being a liar, as it is written: So that you may be declared righteous in your words and prevail when you are judged.

The word is trustworthy: For if we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

who will also confirm you to the end, blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with his Son Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.

This I will bring back to my heart; therefore I will await. The loyal loves of YHWH: indeed we have not been consumed, for his mercies have not come to an end. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. My portion is YHWH, says my soul; therefore I will await him.

YHWH, in the heavens is your loyal love, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of El; your judgments are a great deep; human beings and livestock you save, YHWH.

For YHWH is good; forever is his loyal love, and through generation after generation his faithfulness.

Give thanks to YHWH, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever. Give thanks to the Elohim of the gods, for his loyal love is forever. Give thanks to the Lord of the lords, for his loyal love is forever. to him who does great wonders alone, for his loyal love is forever. to him who made the heavens with understanding, for his loyal love is forever. to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loyal love is forever. to him who made great lights, for his loyal love is forever. the sun for dominion over the day, for his loyal love is forever. the moon and stars for dominion over the night, for his loyal love is forever.

But the loyal love of YHWH is from eternity to eternity upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to the sons of sons, to those who keep his covenant, and to those who remember his precepts to do them.

A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. The loyal loves of YHWH forever I will sing; from generation to generation I will make known your faithfulness with my mouth. For I said, “Forever loyal love will be built up; in the very heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

For the mountains will move, and the hills will totter, but my loyal love will not move from you, and my covenant of peace will not totter,” says the one who has compassion on you, YHWH.

For I, YHWH, do not change; and you, sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.