Hebrews 11:16

American Standard Version (1901)

But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

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  • Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy 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 that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
  • Heb 13:14 : 14 For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.
  • Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away; 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 For whosoever shall 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 cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Heb 11:14 : 14 For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.
  • John 14:2 : 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
  • Acts 7:32 : 32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
  • Phil 3:20 : 20 For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Luke 20:37 : 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in [the place concerning] the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
  • Mark 12:26 : 26 But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto 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, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
  • Matt 22:31-32 : 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto 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 Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
  • Exod 4:5 : 5 that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own.

    15And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

  • Heb 11:8-10
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

  • Heb 13:13-14
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    13Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

    14For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.

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    37they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

    38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

    39And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,

    40God having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

  • Heb 11:25-27
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    25choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

    26accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.

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

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    11For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

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    17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;

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    1Now faith is assurance of [things] hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

    2For therein the elders had witness borne to them.

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  • Phil 3:20
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    20For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

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    22but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

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    5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him: for he hath had witness borne to him that before his translation he had been well-pleasing unto God:

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    34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.

    35Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

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  • Deut 6:10
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    10And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not,

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    5and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

    6and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

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    17Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

  • Ezek 11:16
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    6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

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    13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

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    4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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    2Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?

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    11Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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    28Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

  • Heb 12:26
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    26whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the 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 sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

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

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    19So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,