Deuteronomy 5:2

5:2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Psalms 25:10

25:10 The Lord always proves faithful and reliable ¹ 

to those who follow the demands of his covenant. ² 

Psalms 103:17-18

103:17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, ³ 

and is faithful to their descendants, ⁴ 

103:18 to those who keep his covenant,

who are careful to obey his commands. ⁵ 

Isaiah 56:4

56:4 For this is what the Lord says:

“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths

and choose what pleases me

and are faithful to ⁶  my covenant,

Jeremiah 31:31-33

31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, ⁷  “when I will make a new covenant ⁸  with the people of Israel and Judah. ⁹  31:32 It will not be like the old ¹⁰  covenant that I made with their ancestors ¹¹  when I delivered them ¹²  from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them,” ¹³  says the Lord. ¹⁴  31:33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel ¹⁵  after I plant them back in the land,” ¹⁶  says the Lord. ¹⁷  “I will ¹⁸  put my law within them ¹⁹  and write it on their hearts and minds. ²⁰  I will be their God and they will be my people. ²¹ 

[25:10]  ¹ tn Heb “all the paths of the Lord are faithful and trustworthy.” The Lord’s “paths” refer here to his characteristic actions.

[25:10]  ² tn Heb “to the ones who keep his covenant and his testimonies.”

[103:17]  ³ tn Heb “but the loyal love of the Lord [is] from everlasting to everlasting over those who fear him.”

[103:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his righteousness to sons of sons.”

[103:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “to those who remember his precepts to do them.”

[56:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”

[31:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[31:31]  ⁸ tn Or “a renewed covenant” (also in vv. 22-23).

[31:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”

[31:32]  ¹⁰ tn The word “old” is not in the text but is implicit in the use of the word “new.” It is supplied in the translation for greater clarity.

[31:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[31:32]  ¹² tn Heb “when I took them by the hand and led them out.”

[31:32]  ¹³ tn Or “I was their master.” See the study note on 3:14.

[31:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[31:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “with the house of Israel.” All commentators agree that the term here refers to both the whole nation which was divided into the house of Israel and the house of Judah in v. 30.

[31:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “after those days.” Commentators are generally agreed that this refers to the return from exile and the repopulation of the land referred to in vv. 27-28 and not to something subsequent to the time mentioned in v. 30. This is the sequencing that is also presupposed in other new covenant passages such as Deut 30:1-6; Ezek 11:17-20; 36:24-28.

[31:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[31:33]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “‘But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days:’ says the Lord, ‘I will….’” The sentence has been reworded and restructured to avoid the awkwardness of the original style.

[31:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in their inward parts.” The Hebrew word here refers to the seat of the thoughts, emotions, and decisions (Jer 9:8 [9:7 HT]). It is essentially synonymous with “heart” in Hebrew psychological terms.

[31:33]  ²⁰ tn The words “and minds” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to bring the English psychology more into line with the Hebrew where the “heart” is the center both of knowing/thinking/reflecting and deciding/willing.

[31:33]  ²¹ sn Compare Jer 24:7; 30:22; 31:1 and see the study note on 30:2.