– In the history of salvation, it designates the immutability of God in fulfilling the Covenant and the inconstancy on the part of the people:
Ex 34,6 : Lord, Lord, God compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, rich in goodness and faithfulness.
Psalm 32 :4: Because the word of the Lord is right, faithfulness shines forth in all his works.
Ps 118,90 : Your truth lasts from generation to generation, as stable as the land you created.
Ps 142,1 : Lord, hear my prayer; for your faithfulness, hear my supplication.
Lm 3,22-23 : It is thanks to the Lord that we were not annihilated […] Every morning he manifests himself and great is his faithfulness.
– It is designated in several ways in the AT:
Num 23:19 : God is not a man to lie, nor one to repent. Have you ever promised without fulfilling?
Tob 14:4 : And the peace he enjoyed was in proportion to his progress in the fear of God.
Ps 118,89 : Your Word is eternal, Lord, as stable as the sky.
Is 40,8 : The grass withers and the flower withers, but the word of our God endures forever.
Mal 3,6 : For I am the Lord and I change not; and you, O sons of Jacob, are not yet an extinct people.
2Sm 7,8-16 : I took you from the pastures where you kept your sheep to make you the leader of my people Israel.
Ps 88,29.34 : Assured will be his eternal favor, and indissoluble will be my pact with him.
Is 25,1 : Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and celebrate your name.
Is 55,3.11 : Pay attention to me, and come to me; listen, and your soul will live: I want to conclude an eternal covenant with you.
Jer 33,17-18 : For says the Lord: “David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne of the house of Israel”.
– Jesus attests to the truthfulness of the New Covenant:
Mk 10:45 : For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Lk 24:44 : Everything written about me had to be fulfilled.
Jn 4:34 : My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
John 6:38 : For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Jn 19:30 : When Jesus had taken the vinegar, he said: “It is finished”. He bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Rom 15:8: I assure you that Christ exercised his ministry among the uncircumcised to demonstrate the truthfulness of God.
Heb 10:23 : Let us hold fast to our hope, for he is faithful whose promise we await.
Heb 13 :8: Jesus Christ is always the same: yesterday, today and for all eternity.
Rev 3:14 : Write to the angel of the church of Laodicea: This is what the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, says.
Rev 19,11-13 : Its rider is called Faithful and True, and it is with justice that he judges and makes war.
– Mercifully strengthens his disciples and protects them from sin:
1Th 5:24 : Faithful is he who calls you, and he will fulfill it.
2Th 3,3-5 : But the Lord is faithful, and he will give you strength and preserve you from evil.
2Tm 2,10-13 : If we are unfaithful… he remains faithful, and cannot go back.
