Hebrews 11:8

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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

And Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go out from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.

I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name of Abraham,

Who has raised up one from the east? Whom he called to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Which

The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to the LORD, who appeared to him.

for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."

I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,

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

Obeyed

who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, will be compared to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

through whom we received grace and the office of apostle, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

But they did not all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:

In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any do not obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who do not obey the Good News of God?

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Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.

Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.