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 people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

God is

For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

To be

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

And he said, "I am the God of your 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 at God.

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

"At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people."

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the 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 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 of Isaac and of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.

General references

Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.

You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths,

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the LORD your God."

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning.

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.