Chapter 11
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faith Heb 11:13, Heb 10:22, Heb 10:39; Acts 20:21; 1Cor 13:13; Gal 5:6; Titus 1:1; 1Pet 1:7; 2Pet 1:1
is the Ps 27:13, Ps 42:11
substance or, ground, or, confidence, Heb 2:3, Heb 3:14; 2Cor 9:4, 2Cor 11:17 *Gr.
hoped Heb 6:12, Heb 6:18-19
the evidence Heb 11:7, Heb 11:27; Rom 8:24-25; 2Cor 4:18, 2Cor 5:17; 1Pet 1:8
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the elders Heb 11:4-39
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faith Heb 1:2; Gen 1:1-31, Gen 2:1; Ps 33:6; Isa 40:26; Jer 10:11, Jer 10:16; John 1:3; Acts 14:15, Acts 17:24; Rom 1:19-21, Rom 4:17; 2Pet 3:5; Rev 4:11
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faith Gen 4:3-5, Gen 4:15, Gen 4:25; 1John 3:11-12
a more Heb 9:22; Prov 15:8, Prov 21:27; Titus 1:16; Jude 1:11
he obtained Lev 9:24; 1Kgs 18:38; Matt 23:35; Luke 11:51
and by Heb 12:1, Heb 12:24; Gen 4:10; Matt 23:35
yet speaketh or, is yet spoken of
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Enoch Gen 5:22-24; Luke 3:37; Jude 1:14
translated 2Kgs 2:11; Ps 89:48; John 8:51-52
and was 2Kgs 2:16-17; Jer 36:26; Rev 11:9-12
this testimony Heb 11:3-4
that he Heb 11:6; Gen 5:22; Rom 8:8-9; 1Thess 2:4; 1John 3:22
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without Heb 3:12, Heb 3:18-19, Heb 4:2, Heb 4:6; Num 14:11, Num 20:12; Ps 78:22, Ps 78:32, Ps 106:21-22, Ps 106:24; Isa 7:9; Mark 16:17; John 3:18-19, John 8:24; Gal 5:6; Rev 21:8
he that Heb 7:25; Job 21:14; Ps 73:28; Isa 55:3; Jer 2:31; John 14:6
must Rom 10:14
a rewarder Heb 11:26; Gen 15:1; Ruth 2:12; Ps 58:11; Prov 11:18; Matt 5:12, Matt 6:1-2, Matt 6:5, Matt 6:16; Matt 10:41-42; Luke 6:35
diligently 1Chr 28:9; Ps 105:3-4, Ps 119:10; Prov 8:17; Song 3:1-4; Jer 29:13-14; Matt 6:33; Luke 12:31; 2Pet 1:5, 2Pet 1:10, 2Pet 3:14
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Noah Gen 6:13, Gen 6:22, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:5; Matt 24:38; Luke 17:26, Noe, 2Pet 2:5
warned Gen 6:13, Gen 19:14; Exod 9:18-21; Prov 22:3, Prov 27:12; Ezek 3:17-19; Matt 3:7; Matt 24:15, Matt 24:25; 2Pet 3:6
things Heb 11:1
moved with fear or, being wary, Heb 5:7 *Gr.
prepared Gen 6:18, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:23, Gen 8:16; Ezek 14:14, Ezek 14:20; 1Pet 3:20
he condemned Matt 12:41-42; Luke 11:31-32
righteousness Rom 1:17, Rom 3:22, Rom 4:11, Rom 4:13, Rom 9:30, Rom 10:6; Gal 5:5; Phil 3:9; 2Pet 1:1
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Abraham Gen 11:31, Gen 12:1-4; Josh 24:3; Neh 9:7-8; Isa 41:2, Isa 51:2; Acts 7:2-4
which Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15-17, Gen 15:7-8, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:3; Deut 9:5; Ps 105:9-11; Ezek 36:24
obeyed Heb 11:33, Heb 5:9; Gen 22:18, Gen 15:5; Matt 7:24-25; Rom 1:5, Rom 6:17, Rom 10:16; 2Cor 10:5; Jas 2:14-16; 1Pet 1:22, 1Pet 3:1, 1Pet 4:17
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he sojourned Gen 17:8, Gen 23:4, Gen 26:3, Gen 35:27; Acts 7:5-6
dwelling Gen 12:8, Gen 13:3, Gen 13:18, Gen 18:1-2, Gen 18:6, Gen 18:9, Gen 25:27
the heirs Heb 6:17; Gen 26:3-4, Gen 28:4, Gen 28:13-14, Gen 48:3-4
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he looked Heb 12:22, Heb 12:28, Heb 13:14; John 14:2; Phil 3:20 *Gr: Rev 21:2, Rev 21:10-27
whose Heb 3:4; Isa 14:32; 2Cor 5:1
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Sara Gen 17:17-19, Gen 18:11-14, Gen 21:1-2; Luke 1:36; 1Pet 3:5-6
because Heb 10:23; Rom 4:20-21
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and him Rom 4:19
as the stars Gen 15:5, Gen 22:17, Gen 26:4; Exod 32:13; Deut 1:10, Deut 28:62; 1Chr 27:23; Neh 9:23; Rom 4:17
as the sand Gen 22:17, Gen 32:12; Josh 11:4; Judg 7:12; 1Sam 12:5; 2Sam 17:11; 1Kgs 4:20; Isa 10:22, Isa 48:19; Jer 33:22; Hos 1:10; Hab 1:9; Rom 4:18, Rom 9:27; Rev 20:8
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all died Gen 25:8, Gen 27:2-4, Gen 48:21, Gen 49:18, Gen 49:28, Gen 49:33, Gen 50:24
in faith Gr. according to faith
not Heb 11:39
but Heb 11:27; Gen 49:10; Num 24:17; Job 19:25; John 8:56, John 12:41; 1Pet 1:10-12
and were Rom 4:21, Rom 8:24; 1John 3:19 *Gr.
confessed Gen 23:4, Gen 47:9; 1Chr 29:14-15; Ps 39:12, Ps 119:19; 1Pet 1:17, 1Pet 2:11
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they seek Heb 11:16, Heb 13:14; Rom 8:23-25; 2Cor 4:18, 2Cor 5:1-7; Phil 1:23
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mindful Gen 11:31, Gen 12:10, Gen 24:6-8, Gen 31:18, Gen 32:9-11
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they desire Heb 11:14, Heb 12:22
God is Heb 2:11
to be Gen 17:7-8; Exod 3:6, Exod 3:15; Isa 41:8-10; Jer 31:1; Matt 22:31-32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:32
for Heb 11:10, Heb 13:14; Matt 25:34; Luke 12:32; Phil 3:20
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faith Gen 22:1-12; Jas 2:21-24
when Deut 8:2; 2Chr 32:31; Job 1:11-12, Job 2:3-6; Prov 17:3; Dan 11:35; Zech 13:9; Mal 3:2-3; Jas 1:2-4, Jas 5:11; 1Pet 1:6-7, 1Pet 4:12; Rev 3:10
received Heb 7:6
offered 2Cor 8:12
only Gen 22:2, Gen 22:16; John 3:16
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Of or, To
That Gen 17:19, Gen 21:12; Rom 9:7
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God Gen 22:5 *Heb: Matt 9:28; Rom 4:17-21; Eph 3:20
from the Heb 11:11-12, Heb 9:24; Gen 22:4, Gen 22:13; Rom 5:14
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Gen 27:27-40, Gen 28:2-3
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faith Gen 48:5-22
and worshipped Gen 47:31
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faith Gen 50:24-25; Exod 13:19; Josh 24:32; Acts 7:16
made mention of or, remembered
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faith Exod 2:2-10; Acts 7:20
a proper child That is, a fine, beautiful, or fair child, as our translators render αστειος G791 in Acts 7:20; which was in their time the sense of proper, from the French propre.
and they Heb 13:6; Ps 56:4, Ps 118:6; Isa 8:12-13, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14, Isa 51:7, Isa 51:12; Dan 3:16-18; Dan 6:10; Matt 10:28; Luke 12:4-5
the king's Exod 1:16, Exod 1:22
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when Exod 2:10; Acts 7:21-24
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Choosing Heb 10:32; Job 36:21; Ps 84:10; Matt 5:10-12, Matt 13:21; Acts 7:24-25, Acts 20:23-24; Rom 5:3, Rom 8:17-18, Rom 8:35-39; 2Cor 5:17; Col 1:24; 2Thess 1:3-6; 2Tim 1:8; 2Tim 2:3-10, 2Tim 3:11-12; Jas 1:20; 1Pet 1:6-7, 1Pet 4:12-16
the people Heb 4:9; Ps 47:9; 1Pet 2:10
the pleasures Job 20:5, Job 21:11-13; Ps 73:18-20; Isa 21:4, Isa 47:8-9; Luke 12:19-20; Luke 16:25; Jas 5:5; Rev 18:7
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the reproach Heb 10:33, Heb 13:13; Ps 69:7, Ps 69:20, Ps 89:50-51; Isa 51:7; Acts 5:41; 2Cor 12:10; 2Cor 12:10; 1Pet 1:11, 1Pet 4:14
of Christ or, for Christ
greater Ps 37:16; Jer 9:23-24; 2Cor 6:10; Eph 1:18, Eph 3:8; Rev 2:9, Rev 3:18
for he had Heb 11:6, Heb 2:2, Heb 10:35; Ruth 2:12; Prov 11:18, Prov 23:18; Matt 5:12, Matt 6:1, Matt 10:41; Luke 14:14
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he forsook Exod 10:28-29, Exod 11:8, Exod 12:11, Exod 12:37-42, Exod 13:17-21
not fearing Exod 2:14-15, Exod 4:19, Exod 14:10-13
endured Heb 6:15, Heb 10:32, Heb 12:3; Matt 10:22, Matt 24:13; Mark 4:17, Mark 13:13; 1Cor 13:7; Jas 5:11
seeing Heb 11:1, Heb 11:13, Heb 12:2; Ps 16:8; Acts 2:25; 2Cor 4:18; 1Tim 1:17, 1Tim 6:16; 1Pet 1:8
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he kept Exod 12:3-14, Exod 12:21-30
the sprinkling Heb 9:19, Heb 12:24; Exod 12:7, Exod 12:13, Exod 12:23; 1Pet 1:2
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Exod 14:13-31, Exod 15:1-21; Josh 2:10; Neh 9:11; Ps 66:6, Ps 78:13, Ps 106:9-11; Ps 114:1-5, Ps 136:13-15; Isa 11:15-16, Isa 51:9-10, Isa 63:11-16; Hab 3:8-10
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Josh 6:3-20; 2Cor 10:4-5
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the harlot Josh 2:1-22, Josh 6:22-25; Matt 1:1, Matt 1:5; Jas 2:25
believed not or, were disobedient, Heb 3:18; 1Pet 2:8, 1Pet 3:20
she had Josh 1:1, Josh 2:4-24
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what shall Rom 3:5, Rom 4:1, Rom 6:1, Rom 7:7
the time John 21:25
Gedeon Judg. 6:1-8:35, Gideon, 1Sam 12:11, Jerubbaal
Barak Judg. 4:1-5:31
Samson Judg. 13:1-16:31
Jephthae Judg. 11:1-12:7, Jephthah
David 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:13, 17:1-18:30; Acts 2:29-31, Acts 13:22-36
Samuel 1Sam 1:20, 1Sam 2:11, 1Sam 2:18, 3:1-12:25, 1Sam 28:3-25; Ps 99:6; Jer 15:1; Acts 3:24; Acts 13:20
the prophets Matt 5:12; Luke 13:28, Luke 16:31; Acts 10:43; Jas 5:10; 1Pet 1:10-12; 2Pet 1:21; 2Pet 3:2
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through Josh. 6:1-13:33; 2Sam 5:4-25, 2Sam 8:1-14; Ps 18:32-34, Ps 44:2-6, Ps 144:1-2, Ps 144:10
wrought Heb 11:4-8, Heb 11:17
obtained Heb 6:12-15, Heb 10:36; 2Sam 7:11-17; Gal 3:16
stopped Judg 14:5-6; 1Sam 17:33-36; Ps 91:13; Dan 6:20-23; 2Tim 4:17; 1Pet 5:8
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Quenched Ps 66:12; Isa 43:2; Dan 3:19-28; 1Pet 4:12
escaped 1Sam 20:1; 2Sam 21:16-17; 1Kgs 19:3; 2Kgs 6:16-18, 2Kgs 6:32; Job 5:20; Ps 144:10; Jer 26:24
out of Judg 7:19-25, Judg 8:4-10, Judg 15:14-20, Judg 16:19-30; 2Kgs 20:7-11; Job 42:10; Ps 6:8; 2Cor 12:9-10
turned 1Sam 14:13-15, 1Sam 17:51-52; 2Sam 8:1-18; 2Chr 14:11-14, 2Chr 16:1-9, 2Chr 20:6-25; 2Chr 32:20-22
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Women 1Kgs 17:22-24; 2Kgs 4:27-37; Luke 7:12-16; John 11:40-45; Acts 9:41
tortured Acts 22:24-25, Acts 22:29
not accepting Acts 4:19
that they Matt 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 14:14, Luke 20:36; John 5:29; Acts 23:6, Acts 24:15; 1Cor 15:54; Phil 3:11
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mockings Judg 16:25; 2Kgs 2:23; 2Chr 30:10, 2Chr 36:16; Jer 20:7; Matt 20:19; Mark 10:34; Luke 18:32, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:36
and scourgings 1Kgs 22:24; Jer 20:2, Jer 37:15; Matt 21:35, Matt 23:34, Matt 27:26; Acts 5:40, Acts 16:22-23; 2Cor 11:24-25
bonds Heb 10:34; Gen 39:20; 1Kgs 22:27; 2Chr 16:10; Ps 105:17-18; Jer 20:2, Jer 29:26; Jer 32:2-3, Jer 32:8, Jer 36:6, Jer 37:15-21, Jer 38:6-13, Jer 38:28, Jer 39:15; Lam 3:52-55; Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18, Acts 8:3, Acts 12:4-19, Acts 16:24-40, Acts 21:33, Acts 24:27; 2Cor 11:23; Eph 3:1, Eph 4:1; 2Tim 1:16, 2Tim 2:9; Rev 2:10
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stoned 1Kgs 21:10, 1Kgs 21:13-15; 2Chr 24:21; Matt 21:35, Matt 23:37; Luke 13:34; John 10:31-33; Acts 7:58-59, Acts 14:19; 2Cor 11:25
were slain 1Sam 22:17-19; 1Kgs 18:4, 1Kgs 18:13, 1Kgs 19:1, 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14; Jer 2:30, Jer 26:23; Lam 4:13-14; Matt 23:35-37; Luke 11:51-54; Acts 7:52, Acts 12:2-3
in sheepskins 2Kgs 1:8; Matt 3:4; Rev 11:3
being destitute Heb 12:1-3; Zech 13:9; Matt 8:20; 1Cor 4:9-13; 2Cor 11:23-27, 2Cor 12:10; Jas 5:10-11
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whom 1Kgs 14:12-13; 2Kgs 23:25-29; Isa 57:1
wandered 1Sam 22:1, 1Sam 23:15, 1Sam 23:19, 1Sam 23:23, 1Sam 24:1-3, 1Sam 26:1; 1Kgs 17:3, 1Kgs 18:4, 1Kgs 18:13, 1Kgs 19:9; Ps 142:1 *title Ps 142:2-7
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Heb 11:2, Heb 11:13; Luke 10:23-24; 1Pet 1:12
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provided or, foreseen
better Heb 7:19, Heb 7:22, Heb 8:6, Heb 9:23, Heb 12:24
they without Heb 9:8-15, Heb 10:11-14; Rom 3:25-26
made Heb 5:9, Heb 12:23; Rev 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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faith Heb 11:13, Heb 10:22, Heb 10:39; Acts 20:21; 1Cor 13:13; Gal 5:6; Titus 1:1; 1Pet 1:7; 2Pet 1:1
is the Ps 27:13, Ps 42:11
substance or, ground, or, confidence, Heb 2:3, Heb 3:14; 2Cor 9:4, 2Cor 11:17 *Gr.
hoped Heb 6:12, Heb 6:18-19
the evidence Heb 11:7, Heb 11:27; Rom 8:24-25; 2Cor 4:18, 2Cor 5:17; 1Pet 1:8
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the elders Heb 11:4-39
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faith Heb 1:2; Gen 1:1-31, Gen 2:1; Ps 33:6; Isa 40:26; Jer 10:11, Jer 10:16; John 1:3; Acts 14:15, Acts 17:24; Rom 1:19-21, Rom 4:17; 2Pet 3:5; Rev 4:11
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faith Gen 4:3-5, Gen 4:15, Gen 4:25; 1John 3:11-12
a more Heb 9:22; Prov 15:8, Prov 21:27; Titus 1:16; Jude 1:11
he obtained Lev 9:24; 1Kgs 18:38; Matt 23:35; Luke 11:51
and by Heb 12:1, Heb 12:24; Gen 4:10; Matt 23:35
yet speaketh or, is yet spoken of
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Enoch Gen 5:22-24; Luke 3:37; Jude 1:14
translated 2Kgs 2:11; Ps 89:48; John 8:51-52
and was 2Kgs 2:16-17; Jer 36:26; Rev 11:9-12
this testimony Heb 11:3-4
that he Heb 11:6; Gen 5:22; Rom 8:8-9; 1Thess 2:4; 1John 3:22
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without Heb 3:12, Heb 3:18-19, Heb 4:2, Heb 4:6; Num 14:11, Num 20:12; Ps 78:22, Ps 78:32, Ps 106:21-22, Ps 106:24; Isa 7:9; Mark 16:17; John 3:18-19, John 8:24; Gal 5:6; Rev 21:8
he that Heb 7:25; Job 21:14; Ps 73:28; Isa 55:3; Jer 2:31; John 14:6
must Rom 10:14
a rewarder Heb 11:26; Gen 15:1; Ruth 2:12; Ps 58:11; Prov 11:18; Matt 5:12, Matt 6:1-2, Matt 6:5, Matt 6:16; Matt 10:41-42; Luke 6:35
diligently 1Chr 28:9; Ps 105:3-4, Ps 119:10; Prov 8:17; Song 3:1-4; Jer 29:13-14; Matt 6:33; Luke 12:31; 2Pet 1:5, 2Pet 1:10, 2Pet 3:14
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Noah Gen 6:13, Gen 6:22, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:5; Matt 24:38; Luke 17:26, Noe, 2Pet 2:5
warned Gen 6:13, Gen 19:14; Exod 9:18-21; Prov 22:3, Prov 27:12; Ezek 3:17-19; Matt 3:7; Matt 24:15, Matt 24:25; 2Pet 3:6
things Heb 11:1
moved with fear or, being wary, Heb 5:7 *Gr.
prepared Gen 6:18, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:23, Gen 8:16; Ezek 14:14, Ezek 14:20; 1Pet 3:20
he condemned Matt 12:41-42; Luke 11:31-32
righteousness Rom 1:17, Rom 3:22, Rom 4:11, Rom 4:13, Rom 9:30, Rom 10:6; Gal 5:5; Phil 3:9; 2Pet 1:1
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Abraham Gen 11:31, Gen 12:1-4; Josh 24:3; Neh 9:7-8; Isa 41:2, Isa 51:2; Acts 7:2-4
which Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15-17, Gen 15:7-8, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:3; Deut 9:5; Ps 105:9-11; Ezek 36:24
obeyed Heb 11:33, Heb 5:9; Gen 22:18, Gen 15:5; Matt 7:24-25; Rom 1:5, Rom 6:17, Rom 10:16; 2Cor 10:5; Jas 2:14-16; 1Pet 1:22, 1Pet 3:1, 1Pet 4:17
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he sojourned Gen 17:8, Gen 23:4, Gen 26:3, Gen 35:27; Acts 7:5-6
dwelling Gen 12:8, Gen 13:3, Gen 13:18, Gen 18:1-2, Gen 18:6, Gen 18:9, Gen 25:27
the heirs Heb 6:17; Gen 26:3-4, Gen 28:4, Gen 28:13-14, Gen 48:3-4
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he looked Heb 12:22, Heb 12:28, Heb 13:14; John 14:2; Phil 3:20 *Gr: Rev 21:2, Rev 21:10-27
whose Heb 3:4; Isa 14:32; 2Cor 5:1
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Sara Gen 17:17-19, Gen 18:11-14, Gen 21:1-2; Luke 1:36; 1Pet 3:5-6
because Heb 10:23; Rom 4:20-21
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and him Rom 4:19
as the stars Gen 15:5, Gen 22:17, Gen 26:4; Exod 32:13; Deut 1:10, Deut 28:62; 1Chr 27:23; Neh 9:23; Rom 4:17
as the sand Gen 22:17, Gen 32:12; Josh 11:4; Judg 7:12; 1Sam 12:5; 2Sam 17:11; 1Kgs 4:20; Isa 10:22, Isa 48:19; Jer 33:22; Hos 1:10; Hab 1:9; Rom 4:18, Rom 9:27; Rev 20:8
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all died Gen 25:8, Gen 27:2-4, Gen 48:21, Gen 49:18, Gen 49:28, Gen 49:33, Gen 50:24
in faith Gr. according to faith
not Heb 11:39
but Heb 11:27; Gen 49:10; Num 24:17; Job 19:25; John 8:56, John 12:41; 1Pet 1:10-12
and were Rom 4:21, Rom 8:24; 1John 3:19 *Gr.
confessed Gen 23:4, Gen 47:9; 1Chr 29:14-15; Ps 39:12, Ps 119:19; 1Pet 1:17, 1Pet 2:11
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they seek Heb 11:16, Heb 13:14; Rom 8:23-25; 2Cor 4:18, 2Cor 5:1-7; Phil 1:23
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mindful Gen 11:31, Gen 12:10, Gen 24:6-8, Gen 31:18, Gen 32:9-11
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they desire Heb 11:14, Heb 12:22
God is Heb 2:11
to be Gen 17:7-8; Exod 3:6, Exod 3:15; Isa 41:8-10; Jer 31:1; Matt 22:31-32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:32
for Heb 11:10, Heb 13:14; Matt 25:34; Luke 12:32; Phil 3:20
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faith Gen 22:1-12; Jas 2:21-24
when Deut 8:2; 2Chr 32:31; Job 1:11-12, Job 2:3-6; Prov 17:3; Dan 11:35; Zech 13:9; Mal 3:2-3; Jas 1:2-4, Jas 5:11; 1Pet 1:6-7, 1Pet 4:12; Rev 3:10
received Heb 7:6
offered 2Cor 8:12
only Gen 22:2, Gen 22:16; John 3:16
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Of or, To
That Gen 17:19, Gen 21:12; Rom 9:7
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God Gen 22:5 *Heb: Matt 9:28; Rom 4:17-21; Eph 3:20
from the Heb 11:11-12, Heb 9:24; Gen 22:4, Gen 22:13; Rom 5:14
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Gen 27:27-40, Gen 28:2-3
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faith Gen 48:5-22
and worshipped Gen 47:31
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faith Gen 50:24-25; Exod 13:19; Josh 24:32; Acts 7:16
made mention of or, remembered
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faith Exod 2:2-10; Acts 7:20
a proper child That is, a fine, beautiful, or fair child, as our translators render αστειος G791 in Acts 7:20; which was in their time the sense of proper, from the French propre.
and they Heb 13:6; Ps 56:4, Ps 118:6; Isa 8:12-13, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:14, Isa 51:7, Isa 51:12; Dan 3:16-18; Dan 6:10; Matt 10:28; Luke 12:4-5
the king's Exod 1:16, Exod 1:22
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when Exod 2:10; Acts 7:21-24
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Choosing Heb 10:32; Job 36:21; Ps 84:10; Matt 5:10-12, Matt 13:21; Acts 7:24-25, Acts 20:23-24; Rom 5:3, Rom 8:17-18, Rom 8:35-39; 2Cor 5:17; Col 1:24; 2Thess 1:3-6; 2Tim 1:8; 2Tim 2:3-10, 2Tim 3:11-12; Jas 1:20; 1Pet 1:6-7, 1Pet 4:12-16
the people Heb 4:9; Ps 47:9; 1Pet 2:10
the pleasures Job 20:5, Job 21:11-13; Ps 73:18-20; Isa 21:4, Isa 47:8-9; Luke 12:19-20; Luke 16:25; Jas 5:5; Rev 18:7
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the reproach Heb 10:33, Heb 13:13; Ps 69:7, Ps 69:20, Ps 89:50-51; Isa 51:7; Acts 5:41; 2Cor 12:10; 2Cor 12:10; 1Pet 1:11, 1Pet 4:14
of Christ or, for Christ
greater Ps 37:16; Jer 9:23-24; 2Cor 6:10; Eph 1:18, Eph 3:8; Rev 2:9, Rev 3:18
for he had Heb 11:6, Heb 2:2, Heb 10:35; Ruth 2:12; Prov 11:18, Prov 23:18; Matt 5:12, Matt 6:1, Matt 10:41; Luke 14:14
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he forsook Exod 10:28-29, Exod 11:8, Exod 12:11, Exod 12:37-42, Exod 13:17-21
not fearing Exod 2:14-15, Exod 4:19, Exod 14:10-13
endured Heb 6:15, Heb 10:32, Heb 12:3; Matt 10:22, Matt 24:13; Mark 4:17, Mark 13:13; 1Cor 13:7; Jas 5:11
seeing Heb 11:1, Heb 11:13, Heb 12:2; Ps 16:8; Acts 2:25; 2Cor 4:18; 1Tim 1:17, 1Tim 6:16; 1Pet 1:8
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he kept Exod 12:3-14, Exod 12:21-30
the sprinkling Heb 9:19, Heb 12:24; Exod 12:7, Exod 12:13, Exod 12:23; 1Pet 1:2
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Exod 14:13-31, Exod 15:1-21; Josh 2:10; Neh 9:11; Ps 66:6, Ps 78:13, Ps 106:9-11; Ps 114:1-5, Ps 136:13-15; Isa 11:15-16, Isa 51:9-10, Isa 63:11-16; Hab 3:8-10
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Josh 6:3-20; 2Cor 10:4-5
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the harlot Josh 2:1-22, Josh 6:22-25; Matt 1:1, Matt 1:5; Jas 2:25
believed not or, were disobedient, Heb 3:18; 1Pet 2:8, 1Pet 3:20
she had Josh 1:1, Josh 2:4-24
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what shall Rom 3:5, Rom 4:1, Rom 6:1, Rom 7:7
the time John 21:25
Gedeon Judg. 6:1-8:35, Gideon, 1Sam 12:11, Jerubbaal
Barak Judg. 4:1-5:31
Samson Judg. 13:1-16:31
Jephthae Judg. 11:1-12:7, Jephthah
David 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:13, 17:1-18:30; Acts 2:29-31, Acts 13:22-36
Samuel 1Sam 1:20, 1Sam 2:11, 1Sam 2:18, 3:1-12:25, 1Sam 28:3-25; Ps 99:6; Jer 15:1; Acts 3:24; Acts 13:20
the prophets Matt 5:12; Luke 13:28, Luke 16:31; Acts 10:43; Jas 5:10; 1Pet 1:10-12; 2Pet 1:21; 2Pet 3:2
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through Josh. 6:1-13:33; 2Sam 5:4-25, 2Sam 8:1-14; Ps 18:32-34, Ps 44:2-6, Ps 144:1-2, Ps 144:10
wrought Heb 11:4-8, Heb 11:17
obtained Heb 6:12-15, Heb 10:36; 2Sam 7:11-17; Gal 3:16
stopped Judg 14:5-6; 1Sam 17:33-36; Ps 91:13; Dan 6:20-23; 2Tim 4:17; 1Pet 5:8
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Quenched Ps 66:12; Isa 43:2; Dan 3:19-28; 1Pet 4:12
escaped 1Sam 20:1; 2Sam 21:16-17; 1Kgs 19:3; 2Kgs 6:16-18, 2Kgs 6:32; Job 5:20; Ps 144:10; Jer 26:24
out of Judg 7:19-25, Judg 8:4-10, Judg 15:14-20, Judg 16:19-30; 2Kgs 20:7-11; Job 42:10; Ps 6:8; 2Cor 12:9-10
turned 1Sam 14:13-15, 1Sam 17:51-52; 2Sam 8:1-18; 2Chr 14:11-14, 2Chr 16:1-9, 2Chr 20:6-25; 2Chr 32:20-22
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Women 1Kgs 17:22-24; 2Kgs 4:27-37; Luke 7:12-16; John 11:40-45; Acts 9:41
tortured Acts 22:24-25, Acts 22:29
not accepting Acts 4:19
that they Matt 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 14:14, Luke 20:36; John 5:29; Acts 23:6, Acts 24:15; 1Cor 15:54; Phil 3:11
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mockings Judg 16:25; 2Kgs 2:23; 2Chr 30:10, 2Chr 36:16; Jer 20:7; Matt 20:19; Mark 10:34; Luke 18:32, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:36
and scourgings 1Kgs 22:24; Jer 20:2, Jer 37:15; Matt 21:35, Matt 23:34, Matt 27:26; Acts 5:40, Acts 16:22-23; 2Cor 11:24-25
bonds Heb 10:34; Gen 39:20; 1Kgs 22:27; 2Chr 16:10; Ps 105:17-18; Jer 20:2, Jer 29:26; Jer 32:2-3, Jer 32:8, Jer 36:6, Jer 37:15-21, Jer 38:6-13, Jer 38:28, Jer 39:15; Lam 3:52-55; Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18, Acts 8:3, Acts 12:4-19, Acts 16:24-40, Acts 21:33, Acts 24:27; 2Cor 11:23; Eph 3:1, Eph 4:1; 2Tim 1:16, 2Tim 2:9; Rev 2:10
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stoned 1Kgs 21:10, 1Kgs 21:13-15; 2Chr 24:21; Matt 21:35, Matt 23:37; Luke 13:34; John 10:31-33; Acts 7:58-59, Acts 14:19; 2Cor 11:25
were slain 1Sam 22:17-19; 1Kgs 18:4, 1Kgs 18:13, 1Kgs 19:1, 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14; Jer 2:30, Jer 26:23; Lam 4:13-14; Matt 23:35-37; Luke 11:51-54; Acts 7:52, Acts 12:2-3
in sheepskins 2Kgs 1:8; Matt 3:4; Rev 11:3
being destitute Heb 12:1-3; Zech 13:9; Matt 8:20; 1Cor 4:9-13; 2Cor 11:23-27, 2Cor 12:10; Jas 5:10-11
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whom 1Kgs 14:12-13; 2Kgs 23:25-29; Isa 57:1
wandered 1Sam 22:1, 1Sam 23:15, 1Sam 23:19, 1Sam 23:23, 1Sam 24:1-3, 1Sam 26:1; 1Kgs 17:3, 1Kgs 18:4, 1Kgs 18:13, 1Kgs 19:9; Ps 142:1 *title Ps 142:2-7
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Heb 11:2, Heb 11:13; Luke 10:23-24; 1Pet 1:12
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provided or, foreseen
better Heb 7:19, Heb 7:22, Heb 8:6, Heb 9:23, Heb 12:24
they without Heb 9:8-15, Heb 10:11-14; Rom 3:25-26
made Heb 5:9, Heb 12:23; Rev 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.