Haggai 2:5

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“This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.””

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BSBPD

“This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The thing that I covenanted with you, In your coming forth from Egypt, And My Spirit is remaining in your midst, fear not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Haggai 2:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 19:4‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
  2. Exodus 19:6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
  3. Exodus 24:3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
  4. Exodus 24:8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
  5. Exodus 29:45Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
  6. Exodus 33:12Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
  7. Exodus 34:8Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
  8. Exodus 34:10And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
  9. Numbers 11:25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  10. Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
  11. Joshua 8:1Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
  12. 1 Samuel 12:20“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  13. 2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
  14. Nehemiah 9:20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
  15. Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
  16. Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
  17. Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  18. Isaiah 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  19. Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
  20. Zechariah 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
  21. Zechariah 8:13As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
  22. Zechariah 8:15“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
  23. Matthew 28:5But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
  24. John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

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