Hebrews 11:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

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  • Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Heb 2:11 : 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
  • Heb 13:14 : 14 For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
  • Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away. 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Heb 11:14 : 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
  • John 14:2 : 2 In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  • Acts 7:32 : 32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Luke 20:37 : 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the bush passage, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
  • Mark 12:26 : 26 But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
  • Matt 22:31-32 : 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
  • Gen 26:24 : 24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.
  • Exod 4:5 : 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.

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  • Heb 11:13-15
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

    15And truly, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come, they might have had opportunity to return.

  • Heb 11:8-10
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    79%

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

  • Heb 13:13-14
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    78%

    13Let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

    14For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

  • Heb 11:37-40
    4 verses
    74%

    37They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—

    38of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

    39And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

    40God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

  • Heb 11:25-27
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    70%

    25choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

    26esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

    27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

  • Heb 2:11
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    11For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

  • Heb 11:17
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

  • Heb 11:1-3
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    1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

  • Phil 3:20
    69%

    20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Heb 12:22-23
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    22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,

    23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

  • Heb 11:5-6
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    5By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

    6But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

  • 2 Cor 5:1-2
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    1For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

    2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven:

  • Gen 11:4
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    4And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.

  • Heb 11:34-35
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    34quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

    35Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

  • Deut 6:10
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    10And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build,

  • Heb 6:5-6
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    5And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

    6If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:

  • Ezek 11:16
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    16Therefore say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

  • Heb 8:6
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    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

  • Ps 115:2
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    2Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?

  • 1 Pet 2:11
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    11Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;

  • Heb 12:28
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    28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

  • Heb 12:26
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    26Whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."

  • Exod 6:4
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    4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, where they were strangers.

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

  • Heb 10:34
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    34For you had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.

  • Heb 9:24
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    24For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

  • Eph 2:19
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    19Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;