Luke 1:72

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“to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,”

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BSBPD

“to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 1:72 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
  2. Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
  3. Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  4. Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
  5. Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  6. Leviticus 26:42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
  7. 1 Chronicles 16:16the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
  8. Psalms 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  9. Psalms 105:8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
  10. Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  11. Psalms 111:5He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
  12. Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
  13. Ezekiel 16:60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
  14. Micah 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
  15. Luke 1:54He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
  16. Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
  17. Romans 11:28Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
  18. Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
  19. Hebrews 6:13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

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