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Genesis 28:15
What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
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Genesis 13:15
I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.
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Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said,“ I will give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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Genesis 20:1
Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
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Genesis 15:18
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said,“ I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
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Genesis 22:16-18
“ This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name thatI will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed— all because you have obeyed me.”
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Psalms 105:9
This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
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Hebrews 11:9
And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith— for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise.
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Genesis 13:17
Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
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Hebrews 11:13-16
All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own.If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back.But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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Genesis 12:1-2
The Lord had said to Abram,“ Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
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Psalms 37:1-6
Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
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Genesis 26:14
He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
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Genesis 17:8
And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”
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Hebrews 6:17
God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.
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Psalms 32:8
The Lord says,“ I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
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Genesis 39:2
The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
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Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I am your guest— a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.
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Micah 7:20
You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
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Genesis 39:21
But the Lord was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the Lord made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden.
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Genesis 26:12
When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.
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Isaiah 43:2
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
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Philippians 4:9
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me— everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
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Isaiah 43:5
“ Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west.