Jeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 31:1 contains the same 'I will be their God' formula, introducing the covenant context.
Jeremiah 32:40 adds permanence: God puts fear in their hearts so they will not turn from Him, reinforcing the internal transformation.
Jeremiah 32:40 promises an everlasting covenant and internal reverence, paralleling the new heart promise.
Jeremiah 30:22 uses the covenant formula 'you shall be my people, I will be your God' — same promise.
Jeremiah 24:7 promises a heart to know God, prefiguring the law written on hearts here.
Jeremiah 11:3 pronounces a curse for disobeying the covenant, contrasting with the new covenant promise of inward obedience.
Jeremiah 9:24 emphasizes knowing the Lord, which the new covenant promises will be universal and internal.
Jeremiah 7:23 contains the same covenant formula 'I will be your God, you shall be my people' that the new covenant promises to write on hearts.
In Jeremiah 22:16, knowing God is defined as doing justice—showing what the internal law written on hearts produces.
In Revelation 21:3, the new covenant promise is fulfilled: God dwells with his people, exactly the same language.
Ezekiel 11:19 promises a new heart and spirit, replacing the heart of stone—parallel to writing the law on the heart.
In Ezekiel 11:20, the covenant formula appears with walking in statutes — directly echoing Jeremiah's new covenant promise.
Romans 8:2-8 contrasts the Spirit’s law with the flesh’s hostility—the new covenant empowers submission to God’s law.
2 Corinthians 3:3 explicitly cites the new covenant: believers are letters written by the Spirit on human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:7 contrasts the old covenant engraved on stone with this new covenant written on hearts.
Psalm 40:8 declares 'your law is within my heart'—a messianic anticipation of the internalized law Jeremiah writes on hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:8 describes the ministry of the Spirit, which fulfills the new covenant promise of internal law.
Ezekiel 36:25-27 adds cleansing, a new heart, and God’s Spirit to enable obedience—expanding the internal transformation.
Deuteronomy 30:6 promises heart circumcision to love God—an earlier vision of internal transformation that Jeremiah’s covenant echoes.
In Ezekiel 37:27, the formula combines with God dwelling among them — a further prophetic development of the same promise.
Hebrews 8:10 directly quotes this verse as the core of the new covenant promise.
Hebrews 10:16 repeats the same new covenant quote, linking it to Christ's atonement.
Hosea 2:1 reverses 'Not my people' to 'My people'—the restoration of covenant identity promised in Jeremiah 31:33.
Hosea 2:20 promises betrothal in faithfulness and that Israel will 'know the LORD'—the intimate knowledge the new covenant brings.
Exodus 24:12 describes the law written on stone tablets — the very contrast to the heart-writing promised here in the new covenant.
Ezekiel 37:24 describes walking in God's rules under a Davidic king—fulfilling the obedience from the inscribed heart.
Zechariah 8:8 repeats the covenant formula 'they shall be my people, and I will be their God' — the same promise that defines the new covenant here.
Luke 8:15 depicts the good soil as those who 'hear the word and hold it fast' — a perfect picture of the law written on the heart.
John 6:45 quotes 'they will all be taught by God' — directly echoing the new covenant promise that all will know the Lord.
In John 17:3, eternal life is knowing God — the very knowledge promised in the new covenant where all shall know the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:16 directly quotes the covenant formula 'I will be their God, and they shall be my people' from Jeremiah 31:33, applying it to believers as God's temple.
Philippians 2:13 directly echoes God working in believers to will and act, mirroring the internal writing of the law on hearts.
1 John 2:27 directly mirrors the new covenant: no need for teachers because the anointing teaches, fulfilling 'they shall all know me'.
Ezekiel 36:28 reiterates the covenant formula 'you shall be my people, and I will be your God' from the same restoration context.
Ezekiel 36:27 parallels putting God's Spirit within to cause obedience—equivalent to writing the law on hearts.
Ezekiel 34:24 repeats the covenant formula and adds a Davidic prince—showing the leadership under the new covenant.
Ezekiel 14:11 contains the same covenant formula 'they shall be my people, and I will be their God'—the goal of the new covenant.
Ezekiel 37:23 echoes the covenant formula after cleansing from sin—showing the purity required for the new relationship.
Exodus 29:46 speaks of God dwelling among them and them knowing He is their God — parallel to the covenant relationship formula here.
Exodus 31:18 shows the law written on stone by God's finger — directly contrasted with the law written on hearts by the Spirit in the new covenant.
Leviticus 26:12 gives the exact covenant promise 'I will be your God, and you shall be my people' — which the new covenant fulfills in a deeper way.
Deuteronomy 6:6 commands that God's words be on your heart — the same internalization promise that the new covenant makes permanent.
In 1 Kings 8:58, Solomon prays for God to incline hearts to obey — echoing the new covenant promise of God writing the law within the heart.
Psalm 51:6 speaks of truth in the inward being and wisdom in the secret heart — directly parallel to God writing on the heart.
Psalm 119:5 expresses longing for steadfastness in keeping statutes — the very result the new covenant promises to produce.
Proverbs 7:3 uses the same 'write on the tablet of your heart' imagery for keeping wisdom's commands, echoing the new covenant internalization.
In Revelation 21:7, the covenant promise is applied to the overcomer: 'I will be his God' — a specific application.
In Genesis 17:7, God promises to be God to Abraham and his offspring — the same covenantal phrase Jeremiah uses for the new covenant.
Galatians 3:14 links the new covenant promise to receiving the Spirit through faith, showing the Spirit as the means of internal transformation.
In John 14:26, the Holy Spirit teaches and reminds — a means by which God writes his law on believers' hearts.
In John 14:21, keeping Christ's commandments flows from love, mirroring the law written on the heart in the new covenant.
In Zechariah 13:9, the covenant relationship is restored after refining — using the same 'my people, my God' language.
In Romans 3:31, Paul insists faith upholds the law — consistent with the new covenant where law is written on hearts, not discarded.
Romans 7:22 shows Paul delighting in God’s law inwardly—a New Testament experience of the law written on the heart.
In Romans 9:4, Paul lists the law and covenants as Israel's privileges — Jeremiah 31:33 is one such covenant promise to them.
Psalm 37:31 describes the righteous having God’s law in their hearts—a personal instance of the internal law Jeremiah promises to all.
John 8:32 promises knowledge of the truth bringing freedom — similar to the new covenant's internal knowledge of God leading to liberation.
John 7:17 links doing God's will with knowing his teaching — reflecting the internalized knowledge of God's law from the new covenant.
Ephesians 3:16 prays for strength through the Spirit in the inner being, paralleling God's law being written on the heart.
Isaiah 51:7 speaks of those who have God’s teaching in their hearts—a similar theme of internalized instruction.
Zephaniah 3:13 describes a sinless remnant that does no wrong—the ethical result of the law written on hearts.
In Proverbs 3:1, the command to keep the law in the heart parallels the new covenant promise, but it's individual wisdom, not a divine covenant act.
Isaiah 48:17 presents God as teacher and guide, aligning with the new covenant where God writes His law within.
Malachi 3:17 calls God's people his 'treasured possession' — a related covenantal identity, though not directly about the law written on hearts.
Isaiah 51:16 speaks of God putting words in the mouth, akin to the new covenant's internalized law, though the imagery differs.