Romans 14:11

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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.””

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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 14:11 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
  2. Numbers 14:28So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
  3. Psalms 72:11May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
  4. Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.”
  9. Matthew 10:32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.”
  12. Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
  13. 1 John 4:15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
  14. 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.
  15. Revelation 5:14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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