Hebrews 11:17

Examples Of Faith In Action

¹⁶ But 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. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son. ¹⁸ God had told him, "Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,"

By Faith

Offered Up Isaac

Only Begotten Son

Only Son

Abraham

Isaac

Genesis 22:1-12

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

Genesis 22:16

and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

2 Chronicles 32:31

So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

Job 1:11-12

But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

Job 2:3-6

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

Malachi 3:2-3

Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.

John 3:16

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

Hebrews 7:6

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

James 1:2-4

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

James 2:21-24

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

James 5:11

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

1 Peter 1:6-7

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.