Hebrews 6:17

WEB

¹⁷In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,

KJV

¹⁷Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

BSB

¹⁷So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

FBV

¹⁷That's why God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to those who would inherit the promise that he would never ever change his mind.

Extra References

Hebrews 6:18

¹⁸that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Proverbs 19:21

²¹There are many plans in a man’s heart, but the LORD’s counsel will prevail.

Isaiah 55:11

¹¹so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

Isaiah 14:24

²⁴The LORD of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

Hebrews 11:9

⁹By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

Psalms 110:4

⁴The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

John 10:10

¹⁰The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Psalms 33:11

¹¹The counsel of the LORD stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Job 23:13-14

¹³But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does. ¹⁴For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

1 Peter 1:3

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,