Hebrews 11:31

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By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them which obeyed not, when she had receiued the spies peaceably.

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  • Jas 2:25 : 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, & sent them out another way?
  • Josh 6:22-25 : 22 But Ioshua had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the harlots house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware to her. 23 So the yong men that were spies, went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that shee had: also they brought out all her familie, and put them without the host of Israel. 24 After they burnt the citie with fire, and all that was therein: onely the siluer and the gold, and the vessels of brasse and yron, they put vnto the treasure of the house of the Lorde. 25 So Ioshua saued Rahab the harlot, and her fathers houshold, and all that shee had; and shee dwelt in Israel euen vnto this day, because shee had hid the messengers, which Ioshua sent to spie out Iericho.
  • Matt 1:5 : 5 And Salmon begate Booz of Rachab; Booz begat Obed of Ruth; Obed begat Iesse.
  • Heb 3:18 : 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone to stumble at, and a rocke of offence, euen to them which stumble at the woorde, being disobedient, vnto the which thing they were euen ordeined.
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 Which were in time passed disobedient, when once the long suffering of God abode in the dayes of Noe, while the Arke was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.
  • Matt 1:1 : 1 The booke of the generation of Iesvs Christ the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
  • Josh 1:1 : 1 Nowe after the death of Moses the seruant of the Lorde, the Lord spake vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, Moses minister, saying,
  • Josh 2:1-9 : 1 Then Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and also Iericho: and they went, and came into an harlots house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 Then report was made to the King of Iericho, saying, Beholde, there came men hither to night, of the children of Israel, to spie out the countrey. 3 And the King of Iericho sent vnto Rahab, saying, Bring foorth the men that are come to thee, and which are entred into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land. 4 (But ye woman had taken the two men, and hid them) Therefore saide she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were. 5 And when they shut the gate in the darke, the men went out, whither the men went I wote not: followe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them. 6 (But she had brought them vp to the roofe of the house, and hidde them with the stalkes of flaxe, which she had spread abroad vpo the roofe) 7 And certaine men pursued after them, the way to Iorden, vnto the foordes, and as soone as they which pursued after them, were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe, 9 And saide vnto the men, I knowe that the Lord hath giuen you the land, and that the feare of you is fallen vpon vs, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we haue heard, howe the Lord dried vp the water of the redde Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt, and what you did vnto the two Kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Iorden, vnto Sihon and to Og, whom ye vtterly destroyed: 11 And when wee heard it, our heartes did faint, and there remained no more courage in any because of you: for the Lord your God, he is the God in heauen aboue, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, sweare vnto me by the Lord; that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye will also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and giue me a true token, 13 And that yee will saue aliue my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they haue: and that yee will deliuer our soules from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for you to die, if ye vtter not this our businesse: and when the Lorde hath giuen vs the lande, we will deale mercifully and truely with thee. 15 Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall. 16 And she said vnto them, Goe you into the mountaine, least the pursuers meete with you, and hide your selues there three dayes, vntill the pursuers be returned: then afterwarde may yee goe your way. 17 And the men said vnto her, We will be blamelesse of this thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this cord of red threde in the window, whereby thou lettest vs downe, and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, & all thy fathers houshold home to thee. 19 And whosoeuer then doeth goe out at the doores of thine house into the streete, his blood shalbe vpon his head, and we will be giltlesse: but whosoeuer shall be with thee in the house, his blood shalbe on our head, if any hande touch him: 20 And if thou vtter this our matter, we will be quite of thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare. 21 And she answered, According vnto your wordes, so be it: then she sent them away, & they departed, & she bound the red cord in ye window. 22 And they departed, and came into the mountaine, and there abode three dayes, vntil the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but founde them not. 23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountaine, and passed ouer, and came to Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and tolde him all things that came vnto them. 24 Also they saide vnto Ioshua, Surely the Lorde hath deliuered into our handes all the lande: for euen all the inhabitants of the countrey faint because of vs.

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  • Jas 2:24-26
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    24Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.

    25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, & sent them out another way?

    26For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.

  • Heb 11:27-30
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    27By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible.

    28Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them.

    29By faith they passed through the red sea as by drie land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to doe, they were swallowed vp.

    30By faith the walles of Iericho fell downe after they were copassed about seue dayes.

  • Josh 6:22-25
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    22But Ioshua had said vnto the two men that had spied out the countrey, Go into the harlots house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware to her.

    23So the yong men that were spies, went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that shee had: also they brought out all her familie, and put them without the host of Israel.

    24After they burnt the citie with fire, and all that was therein: onely the siluer and the gold, and the vessels of brasse and yron, they put vnto the treasure of the house of the Lorde.

    25So Ioshua saued Rahab the harlot, and her fathers houshold, and all that shee had; and shee dwelt in Israel euen vnto this day, because shee had hid the messengers, which Ioshua sent to spie out Iericho.

  • Josh 6:17
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    17And the citie shalbe an execrable thing, both it, and all that are therein, vnto the Lorde: onely Rahab the harlot shall liue, shee, and all that are with her in the house: for shee hid the messengers that we sent.

  • Josh 2:1-4
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    1Then Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and also Iericho: and they went, and came into an harlots house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

    2Then report was made to the King of Iericho, saying, Beholde, there came men hither to night, of the children of Israel, to spie out the countrey.

    3And the King of Iericho sent vnto Rahab, saying, Bring foorth the men that are come to thee, and which are entred into thine house: for they be come to search out all the land.

    4(But ye woman had taken the two men, and hid them) Therefore saide she thus, There came men vnto me, but I wist not whence they were.

  • Heb 11:32-35
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    32And what shall I more say? for the time would be too short for me to tell of Gedeon, of Barac, and of Sampson, and of Iephte, also of Dauid, and Samuel, and of the Prophets:

    33Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wrought righteousnesse, obteined the promises, stopped the mouthes of lions,

    34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sworde, of weake were made strong, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the armies of the aliants.

    35The women receiued their dead raised to life: other also were racked, and woulde not be deliuered, that they might receiue a better resurrection.

  • Heb 11:38-39
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    38Whom the world was not worthie of: they wandered in wildernesses and mountaines, and dennes, and caues of the earth.

    39And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes,

  • Heb 11:13
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    13All these died in faith, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11Through faith Sara also receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age, because she iudged him faithfull which had promised.

  • Heb 11:1-9
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    1Nowe faith is the ground of things, which are hoped for, and the euidence of things which are not seene.

    2For by it our elders were wel reported of.

    3Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appeare.

    4By faith Abel offered vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by the which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.

    5By faith was Enoch translated, that he should not see death: neither was he found: for God had translated him: for before he was translated, he was reported of, that he had pleased God.

    6But without faith it is vnpossible to please him: for he that commeth to God, must beleeue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.

    7By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.

  • Josh 2:15
    66%

    15Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?

    19So we see that they could not enter in, because of vnbeliefe.

  • Ps 89:10
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    10Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.

  • Rom 11:30-31
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    30For euen as yee in times past haue not beleeued God, yet haue nowe obteined mercie through their vnbeliefe:

    31Euen so nowe haue they not beleeued by the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtaine mercie.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:

  • Josh 2:8
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    8And before they were a sleepe, she came vp vnto them vpon the roofe,

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

  • Heb 11:23
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    23By faith Moses when he was borne, was hid three moneths of his parents, because they sawe he was a proper childe, neither feared they the kings commandement.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

  • Num 14:37
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    37Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lorde.

  • Gal 3:6
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    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

  • Gal 3:11
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    11And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

  • Josh 2:21
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    21And she answered, According vnto your wordes, so be it: then she sent them away, & they departed, & she bound the red cord in ye window.

  • Num 31:16
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    16Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lorde, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lorde.