Hebrews 11:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

They desire

Hebrews 11:14

Hebrews 12:22

God is

Hebrews 2:11

To be

General references

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

They desire

For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

God is

For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

To be

And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

General references

And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

For seven days you will be living in tents; all those who are Israelites by birth are to make tents their living-places:

I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.

Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.