PROMISES

(See also Agreements; Covenants; Swearing [Oaths]; Vows)

Jehovah’s promises: w10 1/1 12

‘all came true’ (Jos 23:14): w10 1/1 12; w08 5/15 17-18

contrast to man’s: w97 9/15 32; tp 5-9

earth to survive: g23.1 15

envisioning fulfillment: w16.04 12; w15 5/15 19-23; w15 9/15 17

everlasting life: mwb24.01 4

examples of fulfillment: w23.04 29

faith in: w23.04 26-28, 30-31; mwb22.11 4; mwb17.06 2; w15 5/15 20-23; w15 9/15 14-15; w99 8/15 14-19; w98 4/15 14-19; w97 9/1 10; w96 5/1 22; w87 1/15 12-13, 19

how Paradise is guaranteed: w23.11 2-7

in Eden (Ge 3:15): w14 10/15 8-9

‘no declaration impossible’ (Lu 1:37): ijwbv article 53

not slow to be fulfilled: w06 2/1 17-18; w99 6/1 4-7

reliability of: w22.06 20-21; cl 283-284; mwb22.11 4; wp18.2 11; g 12/08 6-7; w07 11/1 22-26; w06 8/15 6; jd 48-52; w04 1/15 4-7; w03 9/15 32; w00 3/1 12-13; ip-1 398-415; w98 4/15 14-19; w97 9/15 32; tp 94-97, 99-107

response to: w97 9/1 11

restoration promises: rr 100-107

taking delight in: mwb24.11 15

to Abraham: wp20.3 8; lfb 26-29, 33-34; w12 1/1 3-4; w09 7/1 31; sh 207-208; w89 7/1 3, 19-21; w86 4/15 6-7

valid after centuries: w17.12 9-10

video Take Delight in God’s Promises of Peace—Excerpt: mwb24.11 15

keeping one’s promises: scl 70; w16.02 25; w14 3/15 30-32; w99 9/15 8-11; w89 9/15 28-29

“let your word ‘Yes’ mean yes” (Mt 5:37; Jas 5:12): it-2 517-518; w14 3/15 32; w12 10/15 27-31

video Keep Promises, Receive Blessings: lff lesson 36

when one has failed to do so: w12 10/15 31

to Jehovah: mwb16.07 3

unreliability of human promises: w04 1/15 3-4