Hebrews 7 Verse References
Each verse below shows all confession links that cite it, including citations where the verse appears inside a larger grouped reference.
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Hebrews 7:1
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
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Hebrews 7:2
and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
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Hebrews 7:3
Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
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Hebrews 7:4
Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
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Hebrews 7:5
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
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Hebrews 7:6
But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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Hebrews 7:7
And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
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Hebrews 7:8
In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.
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Hebrews 7:9
And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.
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Hebrews 7:10
For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
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Hebrews 7:14
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
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Hebrews 7:15
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
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Hebrews 7:16
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
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Hebrews 7:17
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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Hebrews 7:18
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
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Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
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Hebrews 7:20
And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
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Hebrews 7:21
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
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Hebrews 7:22
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
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Hebrews 7:23
Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
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Hebrews 7:24
But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
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Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- BC Belgic Confession
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
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Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- 1LBCF First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
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Hebrews 7:27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
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Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.