covenant quotes

  • I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be fora token of a covenant between me and the earth.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis 9:13.

  • And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give untothee, and tothy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God† Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis17:7^10.

  • We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Isaiah 28:15.

  • Have wenot all onefather, hath not one God createdus? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Malachi 2:10.

  • All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is,Thou shalt die the death.

    -Bible (Apocrypha)
    Ecclesiasticus14:17.

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