Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2Co 5:72Co 4:18Rom 8:24-25Heb 11:7Heb 10:221Pe 1:7-8Psa 27:13Heb 11:27 For by it the elders obtained a good report. Heb 11:39Heb 11:4 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Psa 33:6Jhn 1:32Pe 3:5Rom 4:17Act 17:24Rev 4:11Heb 1:2Gen 1:1 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. Gen 4:3-51Jn 3:11-12Heb 12:24Gen 4:10Mat 23:35Pro 15:8Jud 1:11Heb 9:22 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Gen 5:21-24Jud 1:142Ki 2:11Heb 11:6Rev 11:9-121Jn 3:221Th 2:42Ki 2:16-17 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Pro 8:17Jer 29:13-14Mat 6:331Ch 28:9Psa 105:3-4Luk 12:31Psa 119:10Heb 7:25 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. Gen 6:131Pe 3:20Ezk 14:14Luk 17:26Rom 4:13Ezk 14:20Gal 5:5Gen 7:23 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. Act 7:2-4Gen 12:1-4Mat 7:24-25Gen 15:7-8Gen 22:18Gen 12:7Jas 2:14-16Isa 41:2 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Gen 12:8Gen 13:18Gen 13:3Act 7:5-6Heb 6:17Gen 18:9Gen 26:3-4Gen 35:27 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Heb 13:14Php 3:202Co 5:1Heb 12:22Jhn 14:2Heb 3:4Rev 21:2Rev 21:10-27 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Heb 10:23Rom 4:20-21Gen 18:11-14Gen 21:1-2Luk 1:361Pe 3:5-6Gen 17:17-19 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. Gen 22:17Gen 32:12Gen 15:5Hos 1:10Jer 33:22Gen 26:4Exo 32:13Isa 10:22 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Gen 23:4Psa 39:12Heb 11:271Ch 29:14-151Pe 2:11Heb 11:39Jhn 8:56Rom 8:24 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 2Co 4:18Heb 11:16Heb 13:14Rom 8:23-25Php 1:23 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Gen 24:6-8Gen 12:10Gen 11:31Gen 31:18Gen 32:9-11 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. Heb 13:14Php 3:20Heb 11:10Jhn 14:2Mat 25:34Heb 12:22Heb 2:112Ti 4:18 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, Gen 22:16Gen 22:1-12Jas 2:21-241Pe 1:6-7Jas 5:11Rev 3:101Pe 4:12Pro 17:3 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Gen 21:12Rom 9:7Gen 17:19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Mat 9:28Rom 4:17-21Eph 3:20Gen 22:13Gen 22:4-5Heb 11:11-12Heb 9:24Rom 5:14 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Gen 27:27-40Gen 28:2-3 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. Gen 47:31Gen 48:5-22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Exo 13:19Gen 50:24-25Jos 24:32Act 7:16 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. Exo 1:22Exo 1:16Exo 2:2-10Heb 13:6Mat 10:28Act 7:20Isa 41:14Isa 8:12-13 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Exo 2:10-11Act 7:21-24 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Psa 84:102Ti 2:3-10Job 36:211Pe 4:12-162Co 5:17Job 20:51Pe 1:6-71Pe 2:10 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. Heb 10:35Heb 11:61Pe 4:14Mat 5:122Co 12:102Co 6:10Heb 2:2Luk 14:14 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 2Co 4:18Heb 11:13Exo 2:14-15Heb 11:1Exo 10:28-29Exo 14:10-13Exo 4:19Jas 5:11 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Exo 12:21-30Heb 9:191Pe 1:2Heb 12:24Exo 12:3-14 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. Exo 14:13Psa 106:9-11Psa 78:13Hab 3:8-10Isa 51:9-10Isa 63:11-16Jos 2:10Psa 66:6 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. Jos 6:3-202Co 10:4-5 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. Jas 2:25Jos 6:22-25Mat 1:5Jos 2:1-24Mat 1:1Jos 1:11Pe 2:81Pe 3:20 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 1Sa 1:201Sa 16:11Sa 16:13Jdg 11:1-12Jdg 13:1-16Jhn 21:251Pe 1:10-121Sa 12:11 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Heb 6:12-15Psa 144:1-22Ti 4:17Heb 10:361Pe 5:82Sa 5:4-25Dan 6:20-23Gal 3:16 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 1Sa 17:51-522Ki 6:16-18Jdg 15:8Psa 144:102Ch 32:20-222Co 12:9-101Ki 19:31Sa 14:13-15 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 1Ki 17:22-242Ki 4:27-37Php 3:11Act 9:411Co 15:54Act 24:15Act 23:6Jhn 11:40-45 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: Jer 20:2Gen 39:20Jer 37:15-212Ch 30:102Ch 16:10Heb 10:34Jer 20:7Jer 32:2-3 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 2Ch 24:21Jer 26:231Ki 19:101Ki 21:13-152Ki 1:81Ki 21:10Act 7:521Co 4:9-13 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 1Ki 18:41Ki 19:91Sa 22:1Isa 57:11Sa 24:1-31Ki 14:12-131Ki 17:31Ki 18:13 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: Luk 10:23-24Heb 11:13Heb 11:21Pe 1:12 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Rev 6:11Heb 10:11-14Heb 8:6Heb 7:19Heb 5:9Heb 9:23Heb 9:8-15Rom 3:25-26