Hebrews 11:16

New Century Version

But they were waiting for a better country—a heavenly country. So God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

Cross References

Genesis 26:24

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 28:13

Then Jacob saw the Lord standing above the ladder, and he said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are now sleeping.

Exodus 3:15

God also said to Moses, “This is what you should tell the people: ‘The Lord is the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He sent me to you.’ This will always be my name, by which people from now on will know me.

Exodus 3:6

I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 4:5

The Lord said, “This is so that the Israelites will believe that the Lord appeared to you. I am the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”

Jeremiah 31:1

The Lord says, “At that time I will be God of all Israel’s family groups, and they will be my people.”

Matthew 25:34

“Then the King will say to the people on his right, ‘Come, my Father has given you his blessing. Receive the kingdom God has prepared for you since the world was made.

Mark 12:26

Surely you have read what God said about people rising from the dead. In the book in which Moses wrote about the burning bush, it says that God told Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Mark 8:38

The people who live now are living in a sinful and evil time. If people are ashamed of me and my teaching, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes with his Father’s glory and with the holy angels.”

Luke 12:32

“Don’t fear, little flock, because your Father wants to give you the kingdom.

Luke 20:37

Even Moses clearly showed that the dead are raised to life. When he wrote about the burning bush, he said that the Lord is ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

John 14:2

There are many rooms in my Father’s house; I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you.

Acts 7:32

‘I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to shake with fear and was afraid to look.

Philippians 3:20

But our homeland is in heaven, and we are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will save me when anyone tries to hurt me, and he will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory forever and ever be the Lord’s. Amen.

Hebrews 10:34

You helped the prisoners. You even had joy when all that you owned was taken from you, because you knew you had something better and more lasting.

Hebrews 11:10

Abraham was waiting for the city that has real foundations—the city planned and built by God.

Hebrews 11:14

When people say such things, they show they are looking for a country that will be their own.

Hebrews 11:40

God planned to give us something better so that they would be made perfect, but only together with us.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands of angels gathered together with joy.

Hebrews 13:14

Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts forever, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.

Hebrews 2:11

Jesus, who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride dressed for her husband.