Hebrews 11:17

Examples Of Faith In Action

¹⁶ But now they stretch forth to a better fatherland, 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, being tested, offered up Isaac. And he who had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son, ¹⁸ of whom it was said that in Isaac your Seed shall be called,

By Faith

Offered Up Isaac

Only Begotten Son

Only Son

Abraham

Isaac

Genesis 22:1-12

And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.

Genesis 22:16

and said, I have sworn by Myself, says Jehovah; because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one;

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

2 Chronicles 32:31

But, in regard to the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon who sent to him to ask about the wonder that was done in the land, God left him in order to try him, to know all that was in his heart.

Job 1:11-12

But put forth Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.

Job 2:3-6

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

Daniel 11:35

And many of those who understand shall stumble, to refine and purge them, and to make white, to the time of the end. Because it is still for the appointed time.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what one does not have.

Hebrews 7:6

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

James 1:2-4

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,

James 2:21-24

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

James 5:11

Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.

1 Peter 1:6-7

in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little while, if need be, grieving in manifold temptations;

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation which will come upon all the habitable world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.