Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Cross-references
Hebrews 8:6 introduces Christ's superior ministry and better promises — verse 10 then details the nature of that new covenant.
Hebrews 10:17 continues the Jeremiah quote with forgiveness of sins—completing the new covenant described here.
Hebrews 10:16 quotes the same Jeremiah prophecy about God writing laws on hearts—reinforcing the new covenant promise.
Hebrews 7:11 shows the Levitical priesthood's inability to bring perfection — explaining why a new covenant with internal law was necessary.
2 Corinthians 3:3 applies new covenant imagery: believers are letters written by the Spirit on hearts, not on stone tablets.
Ezekiel 36:26 promises a new heart and spirit, replacing a heart of stone — parallel to the internal law-writing of the new covenant.
Ezekiel 36:27 promises God's Spirit to enable obedience — parallel to the new covenant's internal writing of God's laws.
In Ezekiel 36:28, God says 'You will be my people, and I will be your God' — identical promise from the new covenant context.
In Ezekiel 37:27, God declares 'I will be their God, and they will be my people' — adding His dwelling place with them.
In Hosea 2:23, God says to 'Not my people': 'You are my people' and they respond 'You are my God' — direct reversal and mutual recognition.
In Zechariah 8:8, God promises 'They will be my people, and I will be their God' — with restoration to Jerusalem.
In Zechariah 13:9, God says 'They are my people' and they say 'The LORD is our God' — reciprocal covenant affirmation.
Romans 9:25 quotes Hosea to show Gentiles becoming 'my people' — expanding the promise here beyond ethnic Israel.
Romans 9:26 continues the Hosea quote: those once 'not my people' become 'children of the living God' — fulfilling this covenant.
Exodus 19:5 makes the covenant conditional on obedience — 'if you obey' — contrasting with the internal transformation here.
2 Corinthians 3:7 contrasts the old covenant ministry engraved on stone with the new covenant's glory — a foil to Hebrews 8:10.
2 Corinthians 3:8 describes the ministry of the Spirit that gives life, echoing the internal transformation of the new covenant where laws are written on hearts.
Titus 2:14 describes Christ purifying a people for himself — the means by which the new covenant 'my people' is achieved.
1 Peter 2:9 applies Exodus language to the church — 'a holy nation' — showing the new covenant people as God's possession.
Exodus 24:4 shows Moses writing the law externally—contrasting with God writing on hearts in the new covenant.
Deuteronomy 30:6 promises circumcision of heart — an OT parallel to God writing the law on hearts in the new covenant.
Jeremiah 24:7 promises a heart to know God and the covenant formula, closely paralleling the new covenant promise quoted here.
Exodus 34:27 records Moses writing the words of the old covenant — external law that the new covenant internalizes.
Exodus 34:1 shows God writing the law on stone tablets — the old covenant method contrasted with the new covenant's writing on hearts.
Jeremiah 31:33 is the OT prophecy that Hebrews 8:10 directly quotes — God's promise to write the law on hearts.
In Jeremiah 32:38, God promises the same covenant formula: 'They will be my people, and I will be their God' — directly echoing the new covenant.
Jeremiah 32:40 promises an everlasting covenant with internal transformation — a parallel to the new covenant in Hebrews 8:10.
Genesis 17:7 establishes the covenant with Abraham: 'to be your God', a direct parallel to the new covenant formula here.
Ezekiel 11:19 promises a new heart and spirit — a parallel to God writing laws on hearts in the new covenant.
In Ezekiel 11:20, the same covenant promise appears: 'They will be my people, and I will be their God' — reinforcing the new covenant theme.
In 1 John 5:3, God's commandments are not burdensome — aligning with the new covenant where laws are written on hearts, making obedience natural.
Exodus 32:16 describes God's writing on stone tablets — the old covenant medium replaced by writing on hearts here.
In 1 Thessalonians 4:9, believers are 'taught by God' to love — directly fulfilling the new covenant promise of God writing his laws on hearts.
2 Corinthians 6:16 quotes the same covenant formula 'I will be their God, and they will be my people,' directly echoing the promise in Hebrews 8:10.
Deuteronomy 9:10 emphasizes stone tablets written by God's finger — the old covenant sign that the new covenant internalizes.
In 1 John 2:27, the anointing teaches believers directly — mirroring the new covenant's promise of direct knowledge of God (Heb 8:11).
Psalm 37:31 describes the righteous having God's law in their heart—a direct parallel to the new covenant promise of internalized law.
Ezekiel 14:11 includes the covenant formula 'they may be my people and I their God' — reinforcing the relational promise of the new covenant.
Romans 8:7 says the flesh cannot submit to God’s law, highlighting the need for the new covenant transformation where God writes the law on hearts.
Romans 7:22 expresses delight in God’s law in the inner being, exactly the result of having the law written on the heart in the new covenant.
Romans 6:14 states believers are under grace, not law, which complements the new covenant where the law is internalized, not an external code.
Revelation 21:3 directly echoes the covenant formula 'I will be their God and they shall be my people' — the ultimate fulfillment in the new creation.
John 6:45 quotes 'they will all be taught by God,' directly aligning with the new covenant promise that all will know God from the least to the greatest.
Jeremiah 30:22 repeats the covenant pledge 'you shall be my people, and I will be your God' — a direct parallel to Hebrews' new covenant promise.
Revelation 21:7 applies the covenant promise individually: 'I will be his God and he will be my son' — a personal fulfillment for overcomers.
Exodus 19:6 calls Israel a 'kingdom of priests' — the identity that the new covenant people inherit.
Jeremiah 34:13 recalls the old covenant made at the Exodus, contrasting with the new covenant where God writes laws on hearts.
Isaiah 54:13 promises divine teaching for all children, echoing the new covenant's internal instruction of laws in minds and hearts.
Romans 5:5 says God’s love is poured into our hearts, paralleling the law written on hearts—both are internal divine gifts that transform.
Ezekiel 16:60 speaks of God remembering His covenant and establishing an everlasting one — foreshadowing the new covenant's internal transformation.