Hebrews 11:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

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  • Exod 3:6 : 6 He saith also, `I `am' the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.
  • Heb 2:11 : 11 for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified `are' all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor `is' God.
  • Heb 13:14 : 14 for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;
  • Exod 3:15 : 15 And God saith again unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this `is' My name -- to the age, and this My memorial, to generation -- generation.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 `And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee; 8 and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 -- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover, 9 Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou `art', I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee. 10 Be not afraid, for with thee I `am', Look not around, for I `am' thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'
  • Heb 11:14 : 14 for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country;
  • John 14:2 : 2 in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;
  • Acts 7:32 : 32 I `am' the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. `And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await -- the Lord Jesus Christ --
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save `me' -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom `is' the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I `am' Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 `Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
  • Luke 20:37 : 37 `And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
  • Mark 12:26 : 26 `And concerning the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the Book of Moses (at The Bush), how God spake to him, saying, I `am' the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they -- they are to Me for a people.
  • Matt 22:31-32 : 31 `And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which 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 a God of dead men, but of living.'
  • Gen 26:24 : 24 and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, `I `am' the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I `am' with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;'
  • Exod 4:5 : 5 `-- so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.'

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    13In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted `them', and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,

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  • Heb 11:8-10
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    8By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

    9by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

    10for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor `is' God.

  • Heb 13:13-14
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    13now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;

    14for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;

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    38of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and `in' mountains, and `in' caves, and `in' the holes of the earth;

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  • Heb 11:25-27
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    25having chosen rather to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have sin's pleasure for a season,

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    17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

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    1And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

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  • Phil 3:20
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    22But, ye came to Mount Zion, and to a city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,

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  • 2 Cor 5:1-2
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    1For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,

    2for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,

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    34quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

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  • Heb 9:11
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  • Deut 6:10
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    5and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age,

    6and having fallen away, again to renew `them' to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

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    17in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

  • Heb 4:6
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    6since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --

  • Ezek 11:16
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    16it `is' ours, the land hath been given for an inheritance; therefore say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because I put them afar off among nations, And because I scattered them through lands, I also am to them for a little sanctuary, In lands whither they have gone in.

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    6and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

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    2Why do the nations say, `Where, pray, `is' their God.

  • 1 Pet 2:11
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    11Beloved, I call upon `you', as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

  • Heb 12:28
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    28wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

  • Heb 12:26
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    26whose voice the earth shook then, and now hath he promised, saying, `Yet once -- I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven;'

  • Exod 6:4
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  • Heb 10:34
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