28 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

2 Samuel 7:24

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

2 Kings 14:5

And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

1 Chronicles 14:2

And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:17

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Esther 9:32

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

Psalms 105:10

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

Daniel 9:12

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

Acts 15:32

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

1 Corinthians 1:6

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a mans covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Galatians 3:17

And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Hebrews 2:3

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Hebrews 6:17

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 3:2

For the Lord hath given the father honour over the children, and hath confirmed the authority of the mother over the sons.

1 Maccabees 1:62

Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat any unclean thing.

1 Maccabees 11:27

And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.

1 Maccabees 14:26

For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.

1 Maccabees 14:38

King Demetrius also confirmed him in the high priesthood according to those things,

KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)

3 Maccabees 5:19

Hermon explained that he had done his bidding over night; and in this he was confirmed by his friends.

Apostolic Fathers

Ignatius to the Ephesians 3:9

I know both who I am, and to whom I write; I, a person condemned: ye, such as have obtained mercy: I, exposed to danger; ye, confirmed against danger.

Ignatius to the Magnesians 4:4

Study therefore to be confirmed in the doctrine of our Lord, and of his Apostles; that so whatever ye do, ye may prosper both in body and spirit, in faith and charity, in the Son, and in the Father and in the Holy Spirit: in the beginning, and in the end.

Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans 1:3

For I have observed that you are settled in an immovable faith, as if you were nailed to the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, both in the flesh and in the spirit; and are confirmed in love through the blood of Christ; being fully persuaded of those things which relate unto our Lord.

1 Enoch

1 Enoch 69:23

These are the secrets of this oath, and by it were they confirmed.

1 Enoch 83:8

I related to him the whole vision which I had seen. He said to me, Confirmed is that which thou hast seen, my son;

NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha

Acts of Paul and Thecla 10:3

Then Paul took her, and led her to the house of Hermes; and Thecla related to Paul all that had befallen her in Antioch, insomuch that Paul exceedingly wondered, and all who heard were confirmed in the faith, and prayed for Trifina's happiness.

OT Pseudepigrapha

The Story of Ahikar 7:52

O my boy! the saying has been confirmed which runs: "If thou begettest a boy, call him thy son, and if thou rearest a boy, call him thy slave."

The Letter of Aristeas 4:18

Such is my opinion with regard to the character of the reservoirs and I will now show you how it was confirmed.

4 Maccabees 8:31

He confirmed the words of Ezekiel, "Shall these dry bones live?" For he forgat not the song that Moses taught, which teaches, "I will slay and I will make alive. This is your life and the blessedness of your days."'