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 seeking a country of their own.

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

God is

For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

To be

I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

He said also, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,

“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”

But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look.

General references

Then Abraham said to him, “Beware that you do not take my son back there!

You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,

I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”

Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.

They shall be My people, and I will be their God;

But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.