Hebrews 11:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Warned

Things

Hebrews 11:1

Prepared

1 Peter 3:20

He condemned

Matthew 12:41

Luke 11:31

General references

Acts 5:11

Bible References

Warned

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

“So when you see the abomination that causes desolation,

spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place”

(let the reader understand),

Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.

Things

Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.

Prepared

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives.

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation.

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people

—were saved through water.

He condemned

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and look—something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

General references

And Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the Lord made their servants and livestock flee to shelters,

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.

Then great fear came on the whole church and on all who heard these things.