Hebrews 11:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham resided as an alien many days in the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 23:4

“I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

Genesis 25:8

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

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn.”

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the peoples is his.

Genesis 49:18

I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, blessing each one of them with a suitable blessing.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob ended his charge to his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:24

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely come to you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Job 19:25

For I know that my vindicator lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth;

Psalm 119:19

I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me.

Psalm 39:12

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears.

Exodus 2:22

She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been an alien residing in a foreign land.”

Leviticus 25:23

The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants.

Numbers 10:30

But he said to him, “I will not go, but I will go back to my own land and to my kindred.”

Numbers 24:17

I see him but not now; I behold him but not near— a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the foreheads of Moab and the heads of all the Shethites.

Matthew 13:17

Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

John 12:41

Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke about him.

John 8:56

Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.”

Romans 4:21

being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.

Romans 8:24

For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees?

2 Corinthians 4:18

because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen, for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—

Ephesians 2:19

So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,

Hebrews 11:14

for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:39

Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised,

1 Peter 1:1

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

1 Peter 1:17

If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.

1 John 3:19

And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him