Luke 1:72
To do kindness with our fathers, || And to be mindful of His holy covenant,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
In Context
71Salvation from our enemies, || And out of the hand of all hating us,
73An oath that He swore to Abraham our father,
Cross References
Genesis 12:3And I bless those blessing you, and I curse him who is cursing you, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you.”
Genesis 22:18and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed, because you have listened to My voice.”
Genesis 28:14and your seed has been as the dust of the land, and you have broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you and in your seed.
1 Chronicles 16:16Which He has made with Abraham, || And His oath—to Isaac,
Psalms 105:8He has remembered His covenant for all time, || The word He commanded to one thousand generations,
Psalms 111:5He has given prey to those fearing Him, || He remembers His covenant for all time.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →