Covenant

Covenant [B] [E] [S]

Sacred
Joshua 9:18-21 ; Galatians 3:15
Binding
Joshua 9:18-20 ; Jeremiah 34:8-21 ; Ezekiel 17:14-18 ; Galatians 3:15
Binding, not only on those who make them, but on those who are represented
Deuteronomy 29:14 Deuteronomy 29:15
Blood of
Exodus 24:8
Book of
Exodus 24:7
The Mosaic law called a covenant
Exodus 34:28
See CONTRACTS
See VOWS
OF MEN WITH MEN
- Breach of, punished
  2 Samuel 21:1-6 ; Jeremiah 34:8-22 ; Ezekiel 17:13-19
- National
- See ALLIANCES
- Ratified
  - By giving the hand
    Ezra 10:19 ; Lamentations 5:6 ; Ezekiel 17:18
  - Loosing the shoe
    Ruth 4:7-11
  - Written and sealed
    Nehemiah 9:38 ; Jeremiah 32:10-12
  - By giving presents
    Genesis 21:27-30 ; 1 Samuel 18:3 1 Samuel 18:4
  - By making a feast
    Genesis 26:30
  - By a monument
    Genesis 31:45 Genesis 31:46 Genesis 31:49-53
  - By salting
    Leviticus 2:13 ; Numbers 18:19 ; 2 Chronicles 13:5
  - By offering a sacrifice
    Genesis 15:9-17 ; Jeremiah 34:18 Jeremiah 34:19
- By oath
- See OATH
- See CONTRACTS
INSTANCES OF
- Abraham and Abimelech
  Genesis 21:22-32
- Abimelech and Isaac
  Genesis 26:26-31
- Jacob and Laban
  Genesis 31:44-54
- Jonathan and David
  1 Samuel 18:3 1 Samuel 18:4 ; 1 Samuel 20:16 1 Samuel 20:42 ; 2 Samuel 21:7
- Jews with each other, to serve God
  2 Chronicles 15:12-15 ; Nehemiah 10:28-32
- King Zedekiah and his subjects
  Jeremiah 34:8
- Ahab with Benhadad
  1 Kings 20:34
- Subjects with sovereign
  2 Chronicles 23:1-3 2 Chronicles 23:16
OF GOD WITH MEN
- Confirmed with an oath
  Genesis 22:16 ; 26:3 ; 50:24 ; Psalms 89:35 ; 105:9 ; Luke 1:73 ; Hebrews 6:13 Hebrews 6:17 Hebrews 6:18
- Binding
  Leviticus 26 ; Jeremiah 11:2 Jeremiah 11:3 ; Galatians 3:15
- Everlasting
  Genesis 8:20-22 ; 9:1-17 ; Psalms 105:8 Psalms 105:10 ; Isaiah 54:10 ; 61:8
- God faithful to
  Leviticus 26:44 Leviticus 26:45 ; Deuteronomy 4:31 ; Deuteronomy 7:8 Deuteronomy 7:9 ; Judges 2:1 ; 1 Kings 8:23 ; Psalms 105:8-11 ; 106:45 ; 111:5 ; Micah 7:20
- Repudiated by God on account of Jews idolatry
  Jeremiah 44:26 Jeremiah 44:27 ; Hebrews 8:9
- Broken by the Jews
  Jeremiah 22:9 ; Ezekiel 16:59 ; Hebrews 8:9
- Punishments for breaking of
  Leviticus 26:25-46
INSTANCES OF
- Of the sabbath
  Exodus 31:16
- Of the Ten Commandments
  Exodus 34:28 ; Deuteronomy 5:2 Deuteronomy 5:3 ; 9:9
- With Adam
  Genesis 2:16 Genesis 2:17
- Noah
  Genesis 8:16 ; 9:8-17
- Abraham
  Genesis 12:1-3 ; 15 ; 17:1-22 ; Exodus 6:4-8 ; Psalms 105:8-11 ; Romans 9:7-13 ; Galatians 3
- See CIRCUMCISION
- With Isaac
  Genesis 17:19
- Jacob
  Genesis 28:13-15
- With the Israelites to deliver them from Egypt
  Exodus 6:4-8
- With Phinehas
  Numbers 25:12 Numbers 25:13
- With Israel, at Horeb
  Deuteronomy 5:2 Deuteronomy 5:3
- In Moab
  Deuteronomy 29:1-15
- Of the Levites
  Nehemiah 13:29 ; Malachi 2:4 Malachi 2:5
- With David
  2 Samuel 7:12-16 ; 1 Chronicles 17:11-14 ; 2 Chronicles 6:16
- With David and his house
  2 Samuel 23:5 ; Psalms 89:20-37 ; Jeremiah 33:21
- With his people
  Isaiah 55:3 ; 59:21
- To be confirmed
  Daniel 9:27
THE SECOND COVENANT
Jeremiah 31:31-34 ; Hebrews 8:4-13 ; 12:18-24 ; 13:20
OF MAN WITH GOD
- Jacob
  Genesis 28:20-22
- Joshua
  Joshua 24:25 ; 24:19-28
- Absalom
  2 Samuel 15:7 2 Samuel 15:8
- Jehoiada and Joash
  2 Kings 11:17
- Josiah
  2 Kings 23:3
- Asa
  2 Chronicles 15:12-15
- Nehemiah
  Nehemiah 9:38 ; 10
- Israelites
  Jeremiah 50:5
- See VOWS

[B] indicates this entry was also found in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[J] indicates this entry was also found in Jack Van Impe's Prophecy Dictionary
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Nave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Covenant'". "Nave's Topical Bible". . 1896.

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