Hebrews 11:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

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  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
  • Jer 29:13-14 : 13 And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart; 14 And I have been found of you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; and I have turned back `to' your captivity, and have gathered you out of all the nations, and out of all the places whither I have driven you -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and I have brought you back unto the place whence I removed you.
  • Luke 12:31 : 31 but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
  • Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth. 4 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God -- ever living to make intercession for them.
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
  • Ps 78:32 : 32 With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders.
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 (for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.
  • Heb 3:18-19 : 18 and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? -- 19 and we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
  • Heb 4:2 : 2 for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
  • Rom 10:14 : 14 How then shall they call upon `him' in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe `on him' of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith through love working.
  • John 3:18-19 : 18 he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
  • Mark 16:17 : 17 `And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak;
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 And I -- nearness of God to me `is' good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part `is' in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
  • 2 Pet 1:5 : 5 And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
  • Ps 78:22 : 22 For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation.
  • Ps 58:11 : 11 And man saith: `Surely fruit `is' for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
  • Num 14:11 : 11 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?
  • Ps 106:24 : 24 And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
  • Song 3:1-4 : 1 On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! 2 -- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not. 3 The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?' 4 But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother -- And the chamber of her that conceived me.
  • Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim `is' Samaria, And the head of Samaria `is' the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.'
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'
  • Ps 106:21-22 : 21 They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt, 22 Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.
  • Num 20:12 : 12 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, `Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.'
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.'
  • Job 21:14 : 14 And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'
  • Matt 5:12 : 12 rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward `is' great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 6:1-2 : 1 `Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens; 2 whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!
  • Matt 6:5 : 5 `And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 `And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.
  • John 8:24 : 24 I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am `he', ye shall die in your sins.'
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
  • Matt 10:41-42 : 41 he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward, 42 and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

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

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    4by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

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    7By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

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

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    39and these all, having been testified to through the faith, did not receive the promise,

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  • Heb 11:26-27
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    26greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;

    27by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One -- he endured;

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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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    6according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

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    6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

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    36for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

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    5and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

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  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

    12that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

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    11and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

  • Heb 10:23
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    23may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful `is' He who did promise),

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

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    20And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

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    8whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

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    16but 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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    6since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief --

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    29Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

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    21who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

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    26for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

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    17so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

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    17so then the faith `is' by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

  • Rom 4:20-21
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    20and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

    21and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:

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    22dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

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    11May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

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    18and to whom did He swear that they shall not enter into His rest, except to those who did not believe? --

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    24Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

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    7for through faith we walk, not through sight --

  • 2 Tim 2:13
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    13if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

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    19reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive `him'.

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    3for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless?