Hebrews 11:7

Conservative English Version

Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. He obeyed and built a boat that saved him and his family. In this way the people of the world were judged, and Noah was given the blessings that come to everyone who pleases God.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, "Hurry and get out of here! The LORD is going to destroy this city." But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.

Genesis 6:13

So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.

Genesis 6:22

Noah did everything the LORD told him to do.

Genesis 6:9

and this is the story about him. Noah was the only person who lived right and obeyed God.

Genesis 7:23

(SEE 7:22)

Genesis 7:5

Noah was six hundred years old when he went into the boat to escape the flood, and he did everything the LORD had told him to do. His wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law all went inside with him.

Genesis 8:16

"You, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law may now leave the boat.

2 Kings 4:5

The woman left. Later, when she and her sons were back inside their house, the two sons brought her the jars, and she began filling them.

Job 35:8

The evil or good you do only affects other humans.

Proverbs 22:3

When you see trouble coming, don't be stupid and walk right into it-- be smart and hide.

Proverbs 27:12

Be cautious and hide when you see danger-- don't be stupid and walk right into trouble.

Ezekiel 14:14

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves.

Ezekiel 14:20

Again, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living there, I, the LORD, promise that the children of these faithful men would also die. Only the three of them would be spared.

Ezekiel 33:5

(SEE 33:4)

Matthew 2:12

Later they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and they went back home by another road.

Matthew 24:15

Someday you will see that "Horrible Thing" in the holy place, just as the prophet Daniel said. Everyone who reads this must try to understand!

Matthew 24:25

But I have warned you ahead of time.

Matthew 24:38

People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day that the flood came and Noah went into the big boat.

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

Luke 17:26

When the Son of Man comes, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.

Romans 1:17

The good news tells how God accepts everyone who has faith, but only those who have faith. It is just as the Scriptures say, "The people God accepts because of their faith will live."

Romans 10:6

But people whose faith makes them acceptable to God will never ask, "Who will go up to heaven to bring Christ down?"

Romans 3:22

God treats everyone alike. He accepts people only because they have faith in Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:11

Abraham let himself be circumcised to show that he had been accepted because of his faith even before he was circumcised. This makes Abraham the father of all who are acceptable to God because of their faith, even though they are not circumcised.

Romans 4:13

God promised Abraham and his descendants that he would give them the world. This promise wasn't made because Abraham had obeyed a law, but because his faith in God made him acceptable.

Romans 9:30

What does all of this mean? It means that the Gentiles were not trying to be acceptable to God, but they found that he would accept them if they had faith.

Galatians 5:5

But the Spirit makes us sure that God will accept us because of our faith in Christ.

Philippians 3:9

and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ.

Hebrews 11:1

Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see.

Hebrews 12:25

Make sure that you obey the one who speaks to you. The people did not escape, when they refused to obey the one who spoke to them at Mount Sinai. Do you think you can possibly escape, if you refuse to obey the one who speaks to you from heaven?

Hebrews 5:7

God had the power to save Jesus from death. And while Jesus was on earth, he begged God with loud crying and tears to save him. He truly worshiped God, and God listened to his prayers.

Hebrews 8:5

But the tent where they serve is just a copy and a shadow of the real one in heaven. Before Moses made the tent, he was told, "Be sure to make it exactly like the pattern you were shown on the mountain!"

1 Peter 3:20

They had disobeyed God while Noah was building the boat, but God had been patient with them. Eight people went into that boat and were brought safely through the flood.

2 Peter 1:1

From Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ. To everyone who shares with us in the privilege of believing that our God and Savior Jesus Christ will do what is just and fair.

2 Peter 2:5

And during Noah's time, God did not have pity on the ungodly people of the world. He destroyed them with a flood, though he did save eight people, including Noah, who preached the truth.

2 Peter 3:6

Later it was destroyed by the waters of a mighty flood.