Genesis 9:12
Then God said to him, “This is the sign to guarantee that I will keep the promise that I am making to you and to all living creatures, a promise that I will keep forever:
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Genesis 9:17Then God said to Noah, “The rainbow will be the sign of the promise that I have made to all the creatures that live on the earth.”
Exodus 12:13The blood that you smear on the doorways will be a mark to indicate the houses in which you Israelis live. When I see the blood, I will ignore and pass by those houses, and I will not harm you Israelis who live there, when I punish the Egyptians.
Joshua 2:12So now I want you to solemnly promise me, and ask Yahweh to punish you if you do not do what you promise. Solemnly promise me that you will act kindly to me and my family, because I have acted kindly to you.
1 Corinthians 11:23The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed { Judas enabled the enemies of the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:9-12
God's Covenant with Noah. ( b. c. 2347.) 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a… Read the whole commentary →