Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Bible References

Abraham

Joshua 24:3
I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the river and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I increased his offspring; I gave him Isaac,
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah; she brought you forth. For I called him {alone}, but I blessed him and made him numerous."
Matthew 3:9
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Luke 1:73
the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us
Luke 16:24
And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'
John 8:39
They answered and said to him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus said to them, "If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham!
Acts 7:2
So he said, "Men--brothers and fathers--listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham [while he] was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
Romans 4:1
What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?

When

Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place that God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood. Then he bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar atop the wood.

General references

Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Genesis 26:5
because Abraham listened to my voice and kept my charge: my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
James 2:24
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.