1930 verses about Covenant

But ungodly men by their hands and their words called death to them: Deeming him a friend they consumed away, And they made a covenant with him, Because they are worthy to be of his portion.

With how great carefulness did you judge your sons, To whose fathers you gave oaths and covenants of good promises!

For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret, And with one consent they took upon themselves the covenant of the divine law, That they would partake alike in the same good things and the same perils; The fathers already leading the sacred songs of praise.

And he overcame the anger, Not by strength of body, not by efficacy of weapons; But by word did he subdue the minister of punishment, By bringing to remembrance oaths and covenants made with the fathers.

Be stedfast in your covenant, and be conversant therein, And wax old in your work.

Remember that death will not wait, And that the covenant of the grave is not showed to you.

All flesh waxes old as a garment; For the covenant from the beginning is, You shall die the death.

Who will declare the works of his righteousness? Or who will endure them? For his covenant is afar off.

He made an everlasting covenant with them, And showed them his judgements.

For every nation he appointed a ruler; And Israel is the Lord’s portion.

And I took root in a people that was glorified, Even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.

All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, Even the law which Moses commanded us for a heritage to the assemblies of Jacob.

Remember the commandments, and be not angry with your neighbor; And remember the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance.

Hasten the time, and remember the oath; And let them declare your mighty works.

Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, And take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.

O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.

They shall not be sought for in the council of the people, And in the assembly they shall not mount on high; They shall not sit on the seat of the judge, And they shall not understand the covenant of judgement: Neither shall they declare instruction and judgement; And where parables are they shall not be found.

He shall show forth the instruction which he has been taught, And shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.

And of theft in regard of the place where you sojourn, And in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; And of leaning with your elbow at meat; And of scurrility in the matter of giving and taking;

Of the law of the Most High, and his covenant; And of judgement to do justice to the ungodly;

With their seed shall remain continually a good inheritance; Their children are within the covenants.

Noah was found perfect and righteous; In the season of wrath he was taken in exchange for the world; Therefore was there left a remnant to the earth, When the flood came.

Everlasting covenants were made with him, That all flesh should no more be blotted out by a flood.

Abraham was a great father of a multitude of nations; And there was none found like him in glory;

Who kept the law of the Most High, And was taken into covenant with him: In his flesh he established the covenant; And when he was proved, he was found faithful.

Therefore he assured him by an oath, That the nations should be blessed in his seed; That he would multiply him as the dust of the earth, And exalt his seed as the stars, And cause them to inherit from sea to sea, And from the River to the utmost part of the earth.

In Isaac also did he establish likewise, for Abraham his father’s sake, The blessing of all men, and the covenant:

And he made it rest upon the head of Jacob; He acknowledged him in his blessings, And gave to him by inheritance, And divided his portions; Among twelve tribes did he part them.

He made him to hear his voice, And led him into the thick darkness, And gave him commandments face to face, Even the law of life and knowledge, That he might teach Jacob the covenant, And Israel his judgments.

He exalted Aaron, a holy man like to him, Even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.

He established for him an everlasting covenant, And gave him the priesthood of the people; He beautified him with comely ornaments, And girded him about with a robe of glory.

Before him there never have been any such; No stranger put them on, but his sons only, and his offspring perpertually.

Moses consecrated him, And anointed him with holy oil: It was to him for an everlasting covenant, And to his seed, all the days of heaven, To minister to him, and to execute also the priest’s office, And bless his people in his name.

He chose him out of all living To offer sacrifice to the Lord, Incense, and a sweet savor, for a memorial, To make reconciliation for your people.

He gave to him in his commandments, Yes, authority in the covenants of judgements, To teach Jacob the testimonies, And to enlighten Israel in his law.

For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, Which he gave to him and to his seed.

Howbeit in the land of the people he shall have no inheritance, And he has no portion among the people: For he himself is your portion and inheritance.

Therefore was there a covenant of peace established for him, That he should be leader of the saints and of his people; That he and his seed Should have the dignity of the priesthood forever.

Also he made a covenant with David the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah; The inheritance of the king is his alone from son to son; So the inheritance of Aaron is also to his seed.

As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering, So was David separated from the children of Israel.

The Lord took away his sins, And exalted his horn forever; And gave him a covenant of kings, And a throne of glory in Israel.

By the name of the Lord God, Which is called the God of Israel, You did gather gold as tin, And did multiply silver as lead.

But the Lord will never forsake his mercy; And he will not destroy any of his works, Nor blot out the posterity of his elect; And the seed of him that loved him he will not take away; And he gave a remnant to Jacob, And to David a root out of him.

and shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and ears to hear:

And I will bring them again into the land which I sware to their fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.

Deliver us not up utterly, for your name’s sake, neither disannul you your covenant:

and cause not your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham that is beloved of you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one;

to whom you did promise, that you would multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is upon the sea shore.

In those days came there forth out of Israel transgressors of the law, and persuaded many, saying, let us go and make a covenant with the Gentiles that are round about us; for since we were parted from them many evils have befallen us.

and they made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the Gentiles, and sold themselves to do evil.

And wherever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death.

And they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.

yet will I and my sons and my kindred walk in the covenant of our fathers.

Heaven forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.

And Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous for the law, and maintains the covenant, let him come forth after me.

and they circumcised by force the children that were uncircumcised, as many as they found in the coasts of Israel.

And now, my children, be you⌃ zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.

Phinehas our father, for that he was zealous exceedingly, obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.

And now let us cry to heaven, if he will have us, and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this army before our face today:

and covenant with them, that they shall walk after their own laws, as aforetime: for because of their laws which we abolished they were angered, and did all these things.

And the king and the princes sware to them: thereupon they came forth from the stronghold.

And the fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, There is neither truth nor judgement in them; for they have broken the covenant and the oath which they sware.

And they ordained to keep this day year by year, to wit, the thirteenth day of Adar.

And Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them,

Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and his kindred, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.

And this is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and confederacy:

Good success be to the Romans, and to the nation of the Jews, by sea and by land forever: the sword also and the enemy be far from them.

the nation of the Jews shall help them as confederates, as the occasion shall prescribe to them, with all their heart:

In the same manner, moreover, if war come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them as confederates with all their soul, as the occasion shall prescribe to them:

and to those who are confederates with their foes there shall not be given food, arms, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome; and they shall keep these ordinances, and that without deceit.

According to these words have the Romans made a covenant thus with the people of the Jews.

But if hereafter the one party and the other shall take counsel to add or diminish anything, they shall do it at their pleasure, and whatever they shall add or take away shall be established.

And he accepted the thing, and did according to his words, and sware to him that he would not seek his hurt all the days of his life.

And he said, Shall we find such another man? and now we will make him our Friend and confederate.

And Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of the hundred and sixties year, at the feast of tabernacles, and he gathered together forces, and provided arms in abundance.

And he sent to them according to these words: King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

Forasmuch as you⌃ have kept your covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, and have not joined yourselves to our enemies, we have heard hereof, and are glad.

I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.

And they were well pleased with Alexander, because he was the first that spoke words of peace to them, and they were confederate with him always.

now also let us establish amity one with the other, and give me now your daughter to wife: and I will make affinity with you, and will give both you and her gifts worthy of you.

And now will I do to you, as you have written: but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; and I will make affinity with you, even as you have said.

And he sent ambassadors to king Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom;

And the king consented, and wrote letters to Jonathan concerning all these things after this manner:

King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

And not one of these things shall be annulled from this time forth and forever.

Give us your right hand, and let the Jews cease from fighting against us and the city.

and they made request to him that he would give them his right hand, and he gave it to them; and he put them out from thence, and took possession of the city, and set a garrison over it.

And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.

And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us, to renew for them the friendship and the confederacy, as in former time.

And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:

Jonathan the high priest, and the senate of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to their kindred the Spartans, greeting:

Even before this time were letters sent to Onias the high priest from Arius, who was reigning among you, to signify that you⌃ are our kindred, as the copy here underwritten shows.

And Onias entreated honorably the man that was sent, and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of confederacy and friendship.

have assayed to send that we might renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, to the end that we should not become estranged from you altogether: for long time is passed since you⌃ sent to us.

We chose therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew the friendship that we had with them, and the former confederacy.

We commanded them therefore to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of friendship and our brotherhood.

And this is the copy of the letters which they sent to Onias:

Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the chief priest, greeting:

It has been found in writing, concerning the Spartans and the Jews, that they are kindred, and that they are of the stock of Abraham: