Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof 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 this, the elders obtained approval. Heb 11:39Heb 11:4 By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible. Psa 33:6Jhn 1:32Pe 3:5Rom 4:17Act 17:24Rev 4:11Heb 1:2Gen 1:1
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks. Gen 4:3-51Jn 3:11-12Heb 12:24Gen 4:10Mat 23:35Pro 15:8Jud 1:11Heb 9:22
By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God. Gen 5:21-24Jud 1:142Ki 2:11Heb 11:6Rev 11:9-121Jn 3:221Th 2:42Ki 2:16-17 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who 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 about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, 1 prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to 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, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where 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 lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents 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 was looking for the city which has 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
By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted 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 as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. 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 2 them and embraced them from afar, and having 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 those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 2Co 4:18Heb 11:16Heb 13:14Rom 8:23-25Php 1:23 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return. Gen 24:6-8Gen 12:10Gen 11:31Gen 31:18Gen 32:9-11 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. Heb 13:14Php 3:20Heb 11:10Jhn 14:2Mat 25:34Heb 12:22Heb 2:112Ti 4:18
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born 3 son, Gen 22:16Gen 22:1-12Jas 2:21-241Pe 1:6-7Jas 5:11Rev 3:101Pe 4:12Pro 17:3 to whom it was said, “Your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac,” 4 Gen 21:12Rom 9:7Gen 17:19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead. 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, even concerning things to come. Gen 27:27-40Gen 28:2-3
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. Gen 47:31Gen 48:5-22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. Exo 13:19Gen 50:24-25Jos 24:32Act 7:16
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful 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 had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, Exo 2:10-11Act 7:21-24 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time, Psa 84:102Ti 2:3-10Job 36:211Pe 4:12-162Co 5:17Job 20:51Pe 1:6-71Pe 2:10 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward. Heb 10:35Heb 11:61Pe 4:14Mat 5:122Co 12:102Co 6:10Heb 2:2Luk 14:14 By faith he left 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 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. Exo 12:21-30Heb 9:191Pe 1:2Heb 12:24Exo 12:3-14
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up. 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 had been encircled for seven days. Jos 6:3-202Co 10:4-5
By faith Rahab the prostitute didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace. Jas 2:25Jos 6:22-25Mat 1:5Jos 2:1-24Mat 1:1Jos 1:11Pe 2:81Pe 3:20
What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and 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, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 5 Heb 6:12-15Psa 144:1-22Ti 4:17Heb 10:361Pe 5:82Sa 5:4-25Dan 6:20-23Gal 3:16 quenched the power of fire, 6 escaped the edge of the sword, 7 from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee. 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 by resurrection. 8 Others were tortured, not accepting their 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 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by 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. 9 They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. 10 They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated— 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—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth. 1Ki 18:41Ki 19:91Sa 22:1Isa 57:11Sa 24:1-31Ki 14:12-131Ki 17:31Ki 18:13
These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise, Luk 10:23-24Heb 11:13Heb 11:21Pe 1:12 God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they 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