Hebrews 11:13

Revised Standard Version

These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

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

Genesis 23:4

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

Genesis 25:8

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 sojourning are a 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 sojourning.”

Genesis 48:21

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

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Genesis 49:18

I wait for thy salvation, O Lord.

Genesis 49:28

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

Genesis 49:33

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

Genesis 50:24

And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die; but God will visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Job 19:25

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth;

Psalm 119:19

I am a sojourner on earth; hide not thy commandments from me!

Psalm 39:12

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.

Exodus 2:22

She bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.”

Leviticus 25:23

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

Numbers 10:30

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

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.

Matthew 13:17

Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

John 12:41

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

John 8:56

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

Romans 4:21

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

Romans 8:24

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

2 Corinthians 4:18

because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always of good courage; 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 sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

Hebrews 11:14

For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Hebrews 11:17

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

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

Hebrews 11:39

And all these, though well attested by 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

And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.

1 Peter 2:11

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

1 John 3:19

By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him