Hebrews 11:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.

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  • Heb 13:14 : 14 For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
  • Rev 21:2 : 2 And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Heb 3:4 : 4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.
  • Isa 14:32 : 32 What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
  • John 14:2 : 2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
  • Rev 21:10-27 : 10 And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass: 12 She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13 And on the east were three doors; and on the north three doors; and on the south three doors; and on the west three doors. 14 And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall. 16 And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high. 17 And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass. 19 The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass. 22 And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple. 23 And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb. 24 And the nations will go in its light: and the kings of the earth will take their glory into it. 25 And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there): 26 And the glory and honour of the nations will come into it: 27 And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 11:1-9
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    82%

    1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

    2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.

    3 By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

    4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

    5 By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:

    6 And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

    7 By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

    8 By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

    9 By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

  • Heb 11:13-19
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    79%

    13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

    14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.

    15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

    16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

    17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

    19 Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

  • Heb 11:11
    76%

    11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

  • Heb 13:14
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    14 For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

  • Heb 11:25-28
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    25 Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin;

    26 Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.

    27 By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

    28 By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.

  • Heb 11:38-40
    3 verses
    71%

    38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

    39 And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

    40 Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

  • Heb 3:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2 Who kept faith with God who gave him his place, even as Moses did in all his house.

    3 And it was right for this man to have more honour than Moses, even as the builder of a house has more honour than the house.

    4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.

  • Rom 4:17-21
    5 verses
    69%

    17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

    18 Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

    19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

    20 Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

    21 And being certain that God was able to keep his word.

  • Heb 6:15
    69%

    15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

  • Heb 10:23
    69%

    23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

  • Heb 6:13
    68%

    13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

  • Heb 7:10
    68%

    10 Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.

  • Heb 10:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

    37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

  • Gen 15:6
    68%

    6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Heb 12:2
    67%

    2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
    67%

    1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

  • Heb 6:17-19
    3 verses
    66%

    17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

    18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

    19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

  • Heb 11:30
    66%

    30 By faith the walls of Jericho came down, after they had been circled for seven days.

  • Ps 105:9
    66%

    9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 11:4
    66%

    4 And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

  • Acts 7:46
    66%

    46 Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

  • Heb 7:6
    66%

    6 But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.