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, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, "Up! Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.

Things

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Prepared

But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

"Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.

because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

He condemned

The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, 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, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

General references

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Then whoever feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.