Hebrews 11:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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,

Cross References

Genesis 22:16

and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the Lord: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

2 Chronicles 32:31

So also in the matter of the envoys of the officials of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise shall fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed, until the time of the end, for there is still an interval until the time appointed.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Hebrews 11:13

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,

Hebrews 7:6

But this man, who does not belong to their ancestry, collected tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.

James 5:11

Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.