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

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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 journeyed together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they had gone as far as Haran, they settled there,

The LORD told Abram, "You are to leave your land, your relatives, and your father's house and go to the land that I'm going to show you.

"Long ago your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah, father of both Abraham and Nahor, where they served other gods. Then I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates River and led him through the entire land of Canaan. I multiplied his descendants, and gave him his son Isaac.

You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, whom you brought from Ur of the Chaldeans and to whom you gave the name Abraham.

Who has aroused victory from the east, and has summoned it to his service, and has handed over nations to him? Who brings down kings, and turns them into dust with his sword, into windblown stubble with his bow?

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. For when he was only one person I called him, but I made him fruitful and made him many.

Stephen replied: "Listen, brothers and fathers!

Which

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I'll give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see forever!

The LORD spoke to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance."

I'll give to you and to your descendants the land to which you have traveled all the land of Canaan as an eternal possession. I will be their God."

Remain in this land, and I'll be with and bless you by giving all these lands to you and to your descendants in fulfillment of my solemn promise that I made to your father Abraham.

On the contrary, it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you to confirm what the LORD promised by an oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac.

I'm going to remove you from the nations, gather you from all of the territories, and bring you all back to your own land.

Obeyed

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, received promises, shut the mouths of lions,

and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

Furthermore, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my command."

Then the LORD took him outside. "Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can!" he said. "Your descendants will be that numerous."

"Therefore, everyone who listens to these messages of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock.

Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about faithful obedience among all the gentiles for the sake of his name.

But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted!

But not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed our message?"

and every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive in order to obey the Messiah.

What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

In a similar way, you wives must submit yourselves to your husbands so that, even if some of them refuse to obey the word, they may be won over without a word through your conduct as wives

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. And if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who refuse to obey the gospel of God?

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Noah did all of this, precisely as God had commanded.

So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his male servants with him, along with his son Isaac. He cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out to go to the place about which God had spoken to him.

I'm going to do this because Abraham did what I told him to do. He kept my instructions, commands, statutes, and laws."

But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."

So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.

So they went and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.