The word in Scripture

Promise in the Bible

The word promise appears 53 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A promise is God's binding word of what He will do, always kept. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What promise means in the Bible

A promise is God's binding word of what He will do, always kept.

Where the word promise appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word promise appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?”Psalms 77:8

“For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.”Psalms 105:42

“For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:”Romans 4:14

“For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.”Romans 9:9

“For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.”Galatians 3:18

“But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.”Galatians 4:23

“That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:”Ephesians 3:6

“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:”Hebrews 6:17