Hebrews 11:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Abraham

Acts 7:2

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Obeyed

General references

Bible References

Abraham

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

The Lord said to Abram:

Go out from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.

But I took your father Abraham from the region beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

You are Yahweh,
the God who chose Abram
and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
and changed his name to Abraham.

Who has stirred him up from the east?
He calls righteousness to his feet.

The Lord hands nations over to him,
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain.
When I called him, he was only one;
I blessed him and made him many.

“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Which

Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.

He also said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”

stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

the covenant He made with Abraham,
swore to Isaac,

“For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Obeyed

who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him,

And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.”

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations,

on behalf of His name,

But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to,

But all did not obey the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message?

and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith save him?

By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the Christian message, they may be won over

without a message by the way their wives live

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

General references

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

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took with him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He split wood for a burnt offering and set out to go to the place God had told him about.

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions.”

But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

So he got up, took the child and His mother, and entered the land of Israel.

So they went and found it just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.