Hebrews 11
Treated in 149 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for, the proof of realities we do not see. 25
- 11:6 And no one can please God without faith, since anyone who approaches God has to believe both that he exists and that he repays those who search for him. 22
- 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed God's call to leave for a land he would later be given as his own, and he set out without knowing where he was headed. 19
- 11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain's. Through faith he was attested as righteous, since God bore witness about his gifts. And through faith, though he died, he is still speaking. 12
- 11:13 All these died still holding to faith. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it from far off and welcomed it, and they openly said that they were foreigners and passing visitors on the earth. 11
- 11:26 He reckoned that to bear the reproach of Christ was worth more than all the riches of Egypt, because he kept his eyes on the reward. 7
- 11:10 For he was waiting for the city with firm foundations, a city planned and built by God. 6
- 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the death of those who refused to obey, since she had taken in the spies in peace. 6
- 11:3 By faith we understand that the ages were set in order by God's word, so that what we see did not come into being from anything visible. 5
- 11:9 By faith he lived as a resident alien in the land of the promise, as if it were someone else's country. He lived in tents, along with Isaac and Jacob, his fellow heirs of that same promise. 5
- 11:16 But as things are, they are reaching out for something better: a homeland in heaven. So God does not count it a shame to be known as their God, and he has made a city ready for them. 5
- 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. Before he was taken, it was attested of him that he had pleased God. 4
- 11:7 By faith Noah, warned by God about what could not yet be seen, acted with reverence and built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he passed sentence on the world, and he came to inherit the righteousness that faith brings. 4
- 11:25 He chose to share the hardships of God's people instead of enjoying sin's pleasures for a short time. 4
- 11:33 Through faith they overcame kingdoms, ruled with justice, won what had been promised, and shut the mouths of lions. 4
- 11:14 Those who talk this way are showing that they are in search of a homeland. 3
- 11:15 Had their minds been on the land they came out of, they would have had time enough to turn back. 3
- 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. The man who had been given the promises was offering up his only son, 3
- 11:37 They were stoned, sawn in two, cut down by the sword. They roamed about wearing the skins of sheep and goats, lacking everything, oppressed, treated cruelly. 3
- 11:39 Through their faith all of these were attested by God, and yet they did not receive the promise. 3
- 11:11 By faith, together with Sarah herself, he received the power to become a father, even though he was past the age for it, since he held that the one who had made the promise was faithful. 2
- 11:12 So it was that from one man, whose body was already as if dead, there came descendants as many as the stars of heaven, as numberless as the sand along the shore of the sea. 2
- 11:19 He counted on God's power to raise people even from the dead, and from the dead, in a figure, he did receive him back. 2
- 11:24 By faith Moses, once he was a grown man, would not let himself be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 2
- 11:27 By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king's rage, and he held firm as one who saw the unseen God. 2
Open Word Bible
Where it is preached
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Enoch cites Hebrews 11:5
…God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.” (Hebrews 11:5). The story of Enoch is very briefly recorded in Genesis 5:18-24. Another children's…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
The Legacy of Praying Hyde cites Hebrews 11:4
…bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.” — Hebrews 11:4, ASV A Stone in a Pond Near the end of his book, Francis McGaw recalled a scene from his…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 5 — The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Creation, and Continual Government of the World cites Heb. 11:3
…Epistle to the Hebrews elegantly describes the visible worlds as images of the invisible (Heb. 11:3), the elegant structure of the world serving us as a kind of mirror, in which we may…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Two Loves, Two Cities cites HEBREWS 11:10
…3:2 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. HEBREWS 11:10 Mingled until the harvest For now, the two cities are tangled together. Augustine…
- Our Daily Walk ·
October cites Heb 11:32
…who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises.”— Heb 11:32, 33 FAITH IS the link between our souls and God. It is the capacity of entering into…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites Heb. 11:1
…the Scriptures, which speak of faith in opposition to sight; as 2 Cor. 4:18, and 5:7, Heb. 11:1, 8, 13, 17, 27, 29, Rom. 8:24, John 20:29. But this doctrine, as it is understood by…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites Heb. 11:1
…are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.” Heb. 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen;”…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
“I Dare Not Go Back” cites Hebrews 11:8
…of whom the letter to the Hebrews says that “he went out, not knowing whither he went” (Hebrews 11:8, ASV). She went at her own expense. Her salary was now a hundred pounds a year, and she…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites Heb. xi. 6
…that you have broken the first and greatest of God’s laws?” Then show him the passage. Heb. xi. 6, John vi. 29, show that the one thing that God demands is faith and that without that it…
- Lord, Teach Us To Pray ·
Alone with God cites Hebrews 11:6
…draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.’ Hebrews 11:6. Not on the strong or the fervent feeling with which I pray does the blessing of the…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Hebrews 11:8
…with the Church and opened the Enyong Creek. Scriptures to revisit Luke 9:57-62; Hebrews 11:8; Isaiah 30:21. Reflection 1. When is holy stubbornness right, and when is it pride? 2.…
- All Things for Good ·
The tests of love to God cites Heb. xi. 35
…holy Ignatius wore his fetters as a bracelet of diamonds. “Not accepting deliverance” (Heb. xi. 35). They refused to come out of prison on sinful terms, they preferred their innocence…
- Prayer – The Pulse of Life ·
Types of Prayer cites Hebrews 11:1
…is faith? “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” Hebrews 11:1 (KJV). What does it mean? Faith calls what is not as though it were. See how the ESV puts…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Heb. 11:16
…and that fadeth not away, 1 Peter 1:4; and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, Heb. 11:16, to be bestowed, at the time appointed, on them that diligently seek it. Read it so, if…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Heb 11: 25
…Whatever worldly comforts we have, they are but for a season, and we must part with all. Heb 11: 25. As Paul’s friends accompanied him to the ship, and there left him (Acts 20: 38), so all…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Controversy cites Hebrews 11:6
…mentioned in 2 Corinthians 5:7? Since, “it is impossible to please God without faith” (Hebrews 11:6), the desire of every believer should be to understand what faith is. Paul declares…
- The Life and Diary of David Brainerd ·
From his being licensed to preach, till he was commissioned as a Missionary cites Heb. 11:13
…thing to do with this world. The character given of some of the ancient people of God, in Heb. 11:13, was very pleasing to me, “They confessed that they were pilgrims and strangers on the…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
Before the Town Was Awake cites HEBREWS 11:4
…of many chapters. Bounds saw none of them in print. By it he being dead yet speaketh. HEBREWS 11:4 It is worth pausing over the shape of that life. He gave up the law for the ministry. He…
- Communion with God ·
Other consequential affections cites Heb. xi. 26
…sweeter than a crown, a sceptre without him, to their souls. So was it with Moses, Heb. xi. 26, “He esteemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt.” The…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Third Stage cites Heb. 11:15
…opportunity to have returned; but now I desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Heb. 11:15,16. Prudence: Do you not yet bear away with you some of the things that then you were…
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Heb. xi. 1
…of old made that present and done before their eyes [which had] not yet come to pass, Heb. xi. 1, so faith now makes that present which was accomplished and past many generations ago.…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Mary Slessor — The White Queen Who Prayed Down Strongholds cites Hebrews 11:33–34
…of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle” (Hebrews 11:33–34, NIV). Mary Slessor’s weakness — a small, red-haired Scottish mill worker — was turned to…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Heb. xi. 9
…his counsel;” as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are said to be “heirs of the same promise,” Heb. xi. 9. God had from the foundation of the world made a most excellent promise in Christ…
- The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans ·
What Faith Is Not cites HEBREWS 11:6
…God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6 He Holds My Tomorrows opens not with a definition but with a wound. Evans tells of a…
- Faithful With Little ·
Introduction: Why Jesus Talked About Money cites Hebrews 11:37
…in Hebrews 11 “roamed about wearing the skins of sheep and goats, lacking everything” (Hebrews 11:37). Any gospel that would embarrass the apostles is not the gospel. Nor is it a book that…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites Heb. xi. 1
…be no affliction. In heaven we shall need no faith because faith looks at things unseen (Heb. xi. 1). But then we shall see God face to face; and where there is vision, there is no need of…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
New Lessons in God's School of Prayer cites Hebrews xi. 6
…as confirmed by His oath. Not to believe Him is to make Him both a liar and a perjurer. (Hebrews xi. 6; vi. 13-20.) 4. Asking in accordance with His will. Our motives must be godly: we must…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
The Confession of Faith cites Hebrews 11:13
…God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city” (Hebrews 11:13-16). It would appear that the writer of this book is referring to the ‘many’ of verse 12…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Cain and Abel cites Hebrews 11:4
…him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks” (Hebrews 11:4). The original story of Cain and Abel can be found in Genesis 4:1-8. A question often…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites Hebrews 11:33–34
…a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” Hebrews 11:33–34 — “Who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Abraham Tested cites Hebrews 11: 1
…to try him in the furnace first. The following principles are revealed in this portion of Hebrews 11: 1. God is faithful in our testing times. 2. When God calls us to lay something down in…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Joseph cites Hebrews 11:22
…made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his burial” (Hebrews 11:22). The brief account of Joseph’s forgiveness towards the brothers who had treated him so…
- David Livingstone (For Teens) ·
The Sentence of Death cites Hebrews 11:8
…he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” — Hebrews 11:8 (ASV) When Livingstone went back up the Shire at the end of 1862, the valley he had…
- Christ the Healer ·
How to Appropriate the Redemptive and Covenant Blessing of Bodily Healing cites Heb. 11:1
…“Faith means we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.” (Heb. 11:1—Moffatt’s translation.) Convinced, of course, because God, Who cannot lie, has spoken.…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
The Heart of Africa cites Hebrews 11:8
…he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” — Hebrews 11:8, ASV A Mission of His Own At the end of 1912, with no society willing to take him on his…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
The Sentence of Death cites Hebrews 11:8
…he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” — Hebrews 11:8, ASV The Last Party Livingstone left Zanzibar in March 1866 and landed near the mouth of…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites Heb. xi. 6
…cometh, must believe that God is, and that He is a rewarder of them that hope in Him.” (Heb. xi. 6.) . If, therefore, we are taught, and if we believe, that we ought not to know the…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Learning to Walk by Faith cites Hebrews 11:1
…says, “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1, ASV). The chapter then presents men and women who acted because they regarded God as…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Hebrews 11 cites Hebrews 11:1
…“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). We have already considered verse one as a definition of faith, a gift and a fruit. “For…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Noah cites Hebrews 11:7
…this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith” (Hebrews 11:7). The story of Noah and the ark can be found in Genesis 6:5-7:24 Here we have an example…
Showing 40 of 149; the rest are reachable through search.