Hebrews 11:17

Examples Of Faith In Action

¹⁶ but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten son, ¹⁸ as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

By Faith

Offered Up Isaac

Only Begotten Son

Only Son

Abraham

Isaac

Genesis 22:1-12

And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 22:16

and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

2 Chronicles 32:31

However in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Job 1:11-12

But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

Job 2:3-6

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

Proverbs 17:3

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

Daniel 11:35

And some of the wise shall fall, to try them, and to purge and to make them white, to the time of the end: for it shall yet be for the time appointed.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not.

Hebrews 7:6

but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

James 1:2-4

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

James 2:21-24

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

James 5:11

Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.

1 Peter 1:6-7

Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;

Revelation 3:10

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.