Bible Concordances
Covenants
Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Agreements between two parties
Genesis 26:28; Daniel 11:6
- DESIGNED FOR
- Establishing friendship
1 Samuel 18:3
- Procuring assistance in war
1 Kings 15:18,19
- Mutual protection
Genesis 26:28,29; 31:50-52
- Establishing peace
Joshua 9:15,16
- Promoting commerce
1 Kings 5:6-11
- Selling land
Genesis 23:14-16
- CONDITIONS OF
- Clearly specified
1 Samuel 11:1,2
- Conformed by oath
Genesis 21:23,31; 26:31
- Witnessed
Genesis 23:17,18; Ruth 4:9-11
- Written and sealed
Nehemiah 9:38; 10:1
- God often called to witness
Genesis 31:50,53
- When confirmed, unalterable
Galatians 3:15
- Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices
Genesis 15:9-17; Jeremiah 34:18,19
- Salt a sign of perpetuity in
Numbers 18:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5
- Ratified by joining hands
Proverbs 11:21; Ezekiel 17:18
- Followed by a feast
Genesis 26:30; 31:54
- Presents given as tokens
Genesis 21:27-30; 1 Samuel 18:3,4
- Pillars raised in token of
Genesis 31:45,46
- Names given to places where made
Genesis 21:31; 31:47-49
- THE JEWS
- Forbidden to make, with the nations of Canaan
Exodus 23:32; Deuteronomy 7:2
- Frequently made with other nations
1 Kings 5:12; 2 Kings 17:4
- Condemned for making, with idolatrous nations
Isaiah 30:2-5; Hosea 12:1
- Regarded, as sacred
Joshua 9:16-19; Psalm 15:4
- Violated by the wicked
Romans 1:31; 2 Timothy 3:3
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the contract of marriage
Malachi 2:14
- Of God's promises to man
Genesis 9:9-11; Ephesians 2:12
- Of the united determination of a people to serve God
2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 15:12; Nehemiah 10:29
- Of good resolutions
Job 31:1
- (With death and hell,) of carnal security
Isaiah 28:15,18
- (With stones and beasts, of the earth,) of peace and Prosperity
Job 5:23; Hosea 2:18
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Covenants'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​c/covenants.html. 1897.