Romans 14:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.””
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“It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord--to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 14:11 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
- Numbers 14:28So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
- Psalms 72:11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Isaiah 49:18Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
- Jeremiah 22:24“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
- Matthew 10:32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Romans 15:9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
- Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- 1 John 4:15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
- Revelation 5:14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
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