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

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

Things

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.

Prepared

But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.

Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

He condemned

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

General references

And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.