Nobody opens the Bible looking for a promise in general. You open it because the rent is late, a test came back wrong, a child stopped calling, or you just cannot sleep. This page sorts the promises by that kind of need.
Each topic below has its own page. On it you will find the King James verses that speak to that subject, gathered from Genesis to Revelation. You will also see the person or people who heard each promise first and what was happening to them that day. That second part matters. A promise to Joshua on the edge of the Jordan reads differently once you know he had just lost Moses, the leader he had served for many years.
Some needs overlap. Fear and peace sit close together, and so do healing and comfort. Read more than one page if your heart is pulled two ways.
Two good ways to read the promises
By topic, when you need help now
A topic page is like a first aid kit. You reach for it when something hurts. It gathers a dozen verses on one subject so you can find one to hold before the day is over. The danger is that a verse pulled out by itself can be read wrong, so every page here tells the story around it.
In order, when you want to know God
Reading in order is more like sitting down to a long meal. You meet each promise where God first spoke it and watch it come back years later. That is how the Every Promise of God books are written. Many readers use both: a topic page in a hard week, and a book for the steady reading in between.
Choose a topic
We grouped the topics by the part of life they touch. Every link opens a page of King James promises with the story behind each one.
When you feel unsafe or in need
- Protection. For danger, threats and the nights you lock the door twice. It starts with the shield God promised Abram and goes on through Psalms whose headings tie them to times David was in danger.
- Provision. For bills, lost work and an empty pantry. Manna in the desert, a widow's jar of flour that kept giving, and what God does and does not promise about money.
- Healing. For sickness in your body or your mind. The God who named Himself the One who heals, and how to pray His promises while you keep getting good care.
When your heart or mind is worn out
- Do not fear. Two words God and His messengers said again and again to frightened people, from a mother in the desert to shepherds in a field.
- Peace. For worry that will not quit and nights without sleep. The blessing priests spoke over Israel and the peace Jesus left His friends.
- Strength. For the day you have nothing left. Why God told Joshua three times in one chapter to be strong, and what Paul learned about power in weakness.
- Comfort and grief. For loss and the long quiet after a funeral. The God who stays close to the brokenhearted.
- Encouragement. For a tired spirit that needs a reason to keep going.
For the people you love
- Marriage. What God said to husbands and wives, and the hope He gives a home that is hurting.
- Children and family. Promises for parents, for children who wander, and for the grandchildren not born yet.
- Promises to women. What the stories of Sarah, Hagar, Hannah, Ruth and Mary show about how God sees and cares for women.
For your life with God
- Salvation and eternal life. Forgiveness, a new start and the life that does not end. If you read only one topic, read this one.
- Which promises are for us? A guide to telling a promise for one person from a promise for every believer.
- Promises with an if. Many promises carry a condition. This guide shows how to spot one.
A promise is only as good as the One who made it
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Joshua 21:45 (KJV)
The book of Joshua says this after Israel had crossed the Jordan and settled in the land. Every topic on this site rests on it. Whether you came for peace, for a paycheck or for a sick friend, the reason to trust these words is the same: God has a long record of doing what He said.
How to use a topic page well
Read the whole page once without stopping. Then go back and choose one verse, only one, that seems to fit your need. Write it on a card or save it on your phone.
Next, look at who heard it first. If it was spoken to every believer, you can hold it as your own. If it was spoken to one person, like Joshua or Hagar, you can still learn from it what God is like and how He treats people who are scared or stuck.
Last, turn it into a short prayer in your own words, and say it more than once during the day. A promise you repeat at lunch is easier to remember at midnight.
Want every promise, not only the ones on a topic?
A topic page can only hold a handful of verses. The Every Promise of God series reads straight through Scripture and gives each promise its own page in the King James Version, with a plain explanation and a prayer. Book One and Book Two are on Amazon now in Kindle, paperback and hardcover, and you can use Look Inside to read the first pages free.
Coming
The Rest of the Series
Psalms 90 through Revelation
Written one book at a time, in Bible order.