Hebrews 11:13

These patriarchs died still trusting God's promises, which they had only glimpsed from afar, confessing themselves strangers and pilgrims on earth. True faith holds God's word even when its fulfillment lies beyond this life.

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• Ps 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
• Gen 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
• Heb 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
• 1 Pet 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
• John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
• 1 Chr 29:14–15But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
• Rom 8:24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
• Heb 11:39These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
• Eph 2:19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
• Gen 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
• Gen 27:2–4“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
• Rom 4:21being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
• 1 Pet 1:17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
• 1 Pet 1:10–12Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
• Gen 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
• Gen 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
• Matt 13:17For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
• 1 Jn 3:19And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• Gen 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
• Ps 119:19I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
• Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
• Num 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
• John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
• Gen 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
• Gen 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
• Gen 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

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