Cross references

Luke 1:73

the oath He swore to our father Abraham,

to grant us

Luke 1:73 BSB

Luke 1:73 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 22:16–18 (8 votes) and Deuteronomy 7:8 (4 votes). 42 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 17 to James 2.

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Which verses does Luke 1:73 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. …

  2. But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  3. the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

  4. If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.

  5. This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

  6. Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

  7. When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

  8. Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument. So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

  9. The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

Which verses point to Luke 1:73?

The 10 strongest of 42.