Hebrews 11:13

New King James Version

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.

Genesis 23:4

“I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 47:9

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for your salvation, O Lord!

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

Genesis 49:33

And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said to his brethren, “I am dying; but God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Job 19:25

For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.

Psalm 39:12

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Exodus 2:22

And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”

Leviticus 25:23

‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.

Numbers 10:30

And he said to him, “I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”

Numbers 24:17

“I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult.

Matthew 13:17

for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

John 12:41

These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

John 8:56

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.”

Romans 4:21

and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

Romans 8:24

For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

2 Corinthians 4:18

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.

Ephesians 2:19

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

Hebrews 11:14

For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:39

And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

1 Peter 1:17

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

1 John 3:19

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.