Hebrews 11:26

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He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.

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  • Heb 2:2 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
  • Heb 13:13 : 13 We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.
  • Phil 3:7 : 7 But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.
  • Ps 89:50-51 : 50 Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people! 51 Your enemies, O LORD, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
  • Prov 23:18 : 18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich. 24 If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.
  • Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.
  • Matt 6:1 : 1 Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
  • Luke 14:14 : 14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
  • 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
  • Heb 10:33 : 33 At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 May the LORD reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the LORD God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!”
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
  • Ps 69:7 : 7 For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
  • Rev 2:9 : 9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty(but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.

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  • Heb 11:27-29
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    27By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

    28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

    29By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

  • Heb 11:22-25
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    22By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

    23By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

    24By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

    25choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.

  • Heb 10:33-36
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    33At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

    34For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

    35So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

  • Heb 12:1-3
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    1The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

    2keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

    3Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

  • Heb 11:13-14
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    13These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

    14For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

  • Heb 11:8-10
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    8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

    9By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

    10For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

  • Heb 11:38-39
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    38(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

    39And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

  • Heb 13:13-14
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    13We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

    14For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

  • Heb 11:16-17
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    16But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

  • Heb 11:1-2
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    1People Commended for Their Faith Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

    2For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.

  • Heb 12:16-17
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    16And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

    17For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.

  • Heb 11:19-20
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    19and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

    20By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

  • Heb 11:5-6
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    5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

    6Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

  • Heb 10:29
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    29How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?

  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

    18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

  • Heb 3:1-3
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    1Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

    2who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house.

    3For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Rom 15:3
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    3For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written,“The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

  • Heb 2:2
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    2For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

  • Heb 6:12
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    12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

  • Col 3:24
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    24because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

  • Heb 11:36
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    36And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

  • Acts 7:39
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    39Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.