Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 11

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Hebrews 11 . 1 , What faith is; Hebrews 11 . 6 , Without faith we cannot please God; Hebrews 11 . 7 , The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:1 · BSB

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or , ground , or , confidence

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Hebrews 11:2

This is why the ancients were commended.

Hebrews 11:2 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Hebrews 11:3 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:4 · BSB

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yet speaketh or , is yet spoken of

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

Hebrews 11:5 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 11:7 · BSB

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or , being wary

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Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

Hebrews 11:8 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:9

By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

Hebrews 11:9 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:10

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 11:10 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:11

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 11:11 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:12

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Hebrews 11:12 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:13

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Hebrews 11:13 · BSB

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in faith Gr. according to faith

Hebrews 11:14

Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

Hebrews 11:14 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:15

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:15 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:16

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:16 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

Hebrews 11:17 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:18

even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

Hebrews 11:18 · BSB

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Of or , To

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

Hebrews 11:19 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:20

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Hebrews 11:20 · BSB

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Genesis 27 . 27-40

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Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

Hebrews 11:21 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Hebrews 11:22 · BSB

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made mention of or , remembered

Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

Hebrews 11:23 · BSB

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a proper child That is , a fine , beautiful , or fair child , as our translators render בףפויןע [Strong's G791] in Acts 7 . 20; which was in their time the sense of proper , from the French propre.

Hebrews 11:24

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

Hebrews 11:24 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:25

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

Hebrews 11:25 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:26

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

Hebrews 11:26 · BSB

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of Christ or , for Christ

Hebrews 11:27

By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:27 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Hebrews 11:28 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:29

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Hebrews 11:29 · BSB

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Exodus 14 . 13-31

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Hebrews 11:30

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

Hebrews 11:30 · BSB

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Joshua 6 . 3-20

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Hebrews 11:31

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

Hebrews 11:31 · BSB

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or , were disobedient

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Hebrews 11:32

And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

Hebrews 11:32 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:33

who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:33 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:34

quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

Hebrews 11:34 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:35

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Hebrews 11:35 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:36

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Hebrews 11:36 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Hebrews 11:37 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

Hebrews 11:38 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:39

These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

Hebrews 11:39 · BSB

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Hebrews 11:40

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:40 · BSB

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  • Hebrews 5:9
  • Hebrews 12:23
  • Revelation 6:11 The apostle in the early part of the chapter having given us a general account of the grace of faith , proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in Old Testament times. The leading instance and example of faith recorded , is that of righteous Abel . one of the first saints and the first martyr for religion . one who lived by faith and died for it , and therefore a fit pattern for the Hebrews to imitate. It is observable that the Holy Spirit has not thought fit to say anything here of the faith of our first parents; and yet the church of God has generally , by a pious charity , taken it for granted that God gave them repentance and faith in the promised seed; that he instructed them in the mystery of sacrificing , that they instructed their children in it , and that they found mercy with God , after they had ruined themselves and all their posterity. But God has left the matter still under some doubt , as a warning to all who have great talents given to them , and a great trust reposed in them , that they do not prove unfaithful , since God would not enrol our first parents among the number of believers in this blessed calendar. . Henry

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provided or , foreseen

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web50 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Hebrews 11:18 → Genesis 21:12
Allusions Hebrews 11:12 → Genesis 22:17, Hebrews 11:13 → Genesis 23:4, Hebrews 11:16 → Exodus 3:6, Hebrews 11:16 → Genesis 12:7, Hebrews 11:17-19 → Genesis 22:1-10, Hebrews 11:20 → Genesis 27:27-29, Hebrews 11:21 → Genesis 47:31, Hebrews 11:22 → Genesis 50:22-26, Hebrews 11:23-26 → Exodus 2, Hebrews 11:3 → Psalms 33:6, Hebrews 11:30-31 → Joshua 6, Hebrews 11:32 → Judges 4-5, Hebrews 11:4 → Genesis 4:1-10, Hebrews 11:7 → Genesis 6:13-22, Hebrews 11:8 → Genesis 12:1, Hebrews 11:8-19 → Genesis 15:6
Other Hebrews 11:5 → Genesis 5:24
Trajectories
Abel (First Martyr), Abraham (Father of Faith), Ark of Noah (Salvation Through Judgment), Babylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline), Barak (Faith in Prophetic Word), Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration), Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election), Enoch (Translation Without Death), Gideon (Weak Made Strong), Isaac (Child of Promise), Jephthah (Rejected Then Exalted), Joseph (The Suffering Savior), Journey to the Promised Land (Christian Pilgrimage), Judges (Flawed Deliverers), New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), Noah (Salvation Through Judgment), Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles), Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved), Samson (Spirit-Empowered Deliverer), Samuel (Prophet-Priest-Judge), Sarah (Mother of Promise), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), +2 more
Chiasms
Shaped Hebrews 11:1–7, Hebrews 11:13–19, Hebrews 11:23–27, Hebrews 11:28–31, Hebrews 11:33–38, Hebrews 11:8–12
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