Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Hebrews Chapter 11
Overview
Heb 11:1, What faith is; Heb 11:6, Without faith we cannot please God; Heb 11:7, The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time.
faith: Heb 11:13, Heb 10:22, Heb 10:39; Act 20:21; Co1 13:13; Gal 5:6; Tit 1:1; Pe1 1:7; Pe2 1:1
substance: or, ground, or, confidence, Heb 2:3, Heb 3:14; Co2 9:4, Co2 11:17 *Gr.
hoped: Heb 6:12, Heb 6:18, Heb 6:19
the evidence: Heb 11:7, Heb 11:27; Rom 8:24, Rom 8:25; Co2 4:18, Co2 5:17; Pe1 1:8
the elders: Heb. 11:4-39
faith: Heb 1:2; Gen. 1:1-31, Gen 2:1; Psa 33:6; Isa 40:26; Jer 10:11, Jer 10:16; Joh 1:3; Act 14:15, Act 17:24; Rom 1:19-21, Rom 4:17; Pe2 3:5; Rev 4:11
faith: Gen 4:3-5, Gen 4:15, Gen 4:25; Jo1 3:11, Jo1 3:12
a more: Heb 9:22; Pro 15:8, Pro 21:27; Tit 1:16; Jde 1:11
he obtained: Lev 9:24; Kg1 18:38; Mat 23:35; Luk 11:51
and by: Heb 12:1, Heb 12:24; Gen 4:10; Mat 23:35
yet speaketh: or, is yet spoken of
Enoch: Gen 5:22-24; Luk 3:37; Jde 1:14
translated: Kg2 2:11; Psa 89:48; Joh 8:51, Joh 8:52
and was: Kg2 2:16, Kg2 2:17; Jer 36:26; Rev 11:9-12
this testimony: Heb 11:3, Heb 11:4
that he: Heb 11:6; Gen 5:22; Rom 8:8, Rom 8:9; Th1 2:4; Jo1 3:22
without: Heb 3:12, Heb 3:18, Heb 3:19, Heb 4:2, Heb 4:6; Num 14:11, Num 20:12; Psa 78:22, Psa 78:32, Psa 106:21, Psa 106:22, Psa 106:24; Isa 7:9; Mar 16:17; Joh 3:18, Joh 3:19, Joh 8:24; Gal 5:6; Rev 21:8
he that: Heb 7:25; Job 21:14; Psa 73:28; Isa 55:3; Jer 2:31; Joh 14:6
must: Rom 10:14
a rewarder: Heb 11:26; Gen 15:1; Rut 2:12; Psa 58:11; Pro 11:18; Mat 5:12, Mat 6:1, Mat 6:2, Mat 6:5, Mat 6:16; Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42; Luk 6:35
diligently: Ch1 28:9; Psa 105:3, Psa 105:4, Psa 119:10; Pro 8:17; Sol 3:1-4; Jer 29:13, Jer 29:14; Mat 6:33; Luk 12:31; Pe2 1:5, Pe2 1:10, Pe2 3:14
Noah: Gen 6:13, Gen 6:22, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:5; Mat 24:38; Luk 17:26, Noe, Pe2 2:5
warned: Gen 6:13, Gen 19:14; Exo 9:18-21; Pro 22:3, Pro 27:12; Eze 3:17-19; Mat 3:7; Mat 24:15, Mat 24:25; Pe2 3:6
things: Heb 11:1
moved with fear: or, being wary, Heb 5:7 *Gr.
prepared: Gen 6:18, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:23, Gen 8:16; Eze 14:14, Eze 14:20; Pe1 3:20
he condemned: Mat 12:41, Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31, Luk 11:32
righteousness: Rom 1:17, Rom 3:22, Rom 4:11, Rom 4:13, Rom 9:30, Rom 10:6; Gal 5:5; Phi 3:9; Pe2 1:1
Abraham: Gen 11:31, Gen 12:1-4; Jos 24:3; Neh 9:7, Neh 9:8; Isa 41:2, Isa 51:2; Act 7:2-4
which: Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15-17, Gen 15:7, Gen 15:8, Gen 17:8, Gen 26:3; Deu 9:5; Psa 105:9-11; Eze 36:24
obeyed: Heb 11:33, Heb 5:9; Gen 22:18, Gen 15:5; Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25; Rom 1:5, Rom 6:17, Rom 10:16; Co2 10:5; Jam 2:14-16; Pe1 1:22, Pe1 3:1, Pe1 4:17
he sojourned: Gen 17:8, Gen 23:4, Gen 26:3, Gen 35:27; Act 7:5, Act 7:6
dwelling: Gen 12:8, Gen 13:3, Gen 13:18, Gen 18:1, Gen 18:2, Gen 18:6, Gen 18:9, Gen 25:27
the heirs: Heb 6:17; Gen 26:3, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:4, Gen 28:13, Gen 28:14, Gen 48:3, Gen 48:4
he looked: Heb 12:22, Heb 12:28, Heb 13:14; Joh 14:2; Phi 3:20 *Gr: Rev 21:2, 10-27
whose: Heb 3:4; Isa 14:32; Co2 5:1
Sara: Gen 17:17-19, Gen 18:11-14, Gen 21:1, Gen 21:2; Luk 1:36; Pe1 3:5, Pe1 3:6
because: Heb 10:23; Rom 4:20,Rom 4:21
and him: Rom 4:19
as the stars: Gen 15:5, Gen 22:17, Gen 26:4; Exo 32:13; Deu 1:10, Deu 28:62; Ch1 27:23; Neh 9:23; Rom 4:17
as the sand: Gen 22:17, Gen 32:12; Jos 11:4; Jdg 7:12; Sa1 12:5; Sa2 17:11; Kg1 4:20; Isa 10:22, Isa 48:19; Jer 33:22; Hos 1:10; Hab 1:9; Rom 4:18, Rom 9:27; Rev 20:8
all died: Gen 25:8, Gen 27:2-4, Gen 48:21, Gen 49:18, Gen 49:28, Gen 49:33, Gen 50:24
in faith: Gr. according to faith
not: Heb 11:39
but: Heb 11:27; Gen 49:10; Num 24:17; Job 19:25; Joh 8:56, Joh 12:41; Pe1 1:10-12
and were: Rom 4:21, Rom 8:24; Jo1 3:19 *Gr.
confessed: Gen 23:4, Gen 47:9; Ch1 29:14, Ch1 29:15; Psa 39:12, Psa 119:19; Pe1 1:17, Pe1 2:11
they seek: Heb 11:16, Heb 13:14; Rom 8:23-25; Co2 4:18, Co2 5:1-7; Phi 1:23
mindful: Gen 11:31, Gen 12:10, Gen 24:6-8, Gen 31:18, Gen 32:9-11
they desire: Heb 11:14, Heb 12:22
God is: Heb 2:11
to be: Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8; Exo 3:6, Exo 3:15; Isa 41:8-10; Jer 31:1; Mat 22:31, Mat 22:32; Mar 12:26; Luk 20:37; Act 7:32
for: Heb 11:10, Heb 13:14; Mat 25:34; Luk 12:32; Phi 3:20
faith: Gen 22:1-12; Jam 2:21-24
when: Deu 8:2; Ch2 32:31; Job 1:11, Job 1:12, Job 2:3-6; Pro 17:3; Dan 11:35; Zac 13:9; Mal 3:2, Mal 3:3; Jam 1:2-4, Jam 5:11; Pe1 1:6, Pe1 1:7, Pe1 4:12; Rev 3:10
received: Heb 7:6
offered: Co2 8:12
only: Gen 22:2, Gen 22:16; Joh 3:16
Of: or, To
That: Gen 17:19, Gen 21:12; Rom 9:7
God: Gen 22:5 *Heb: Mat 9:28; Rom 4:17-21; Eph 3:20
from the: Heb 11:11, Heb 11:12, Heb 9:24; Gen 22:4, Gen 22:13; Rom 5:14
Gen 27:27-40, Gen 28:2, Gen 28:3
faith: Gen. 48:5-22
and worshipped: Gen 47:31
faith: Gen 50:24, Gen 50:25; Exo 13:19; Jos 24:32; Act 7:16
made mention of: or, remembered
faith: Exo 2:2-10; Act 7:20
a proper child: That is, a fine, beautiful, or fair child, as our translators render αστειος [Strong's G791] in Act 7:20; which was in their time the sense of proper, from the French propre.
and they: Heb 13:6; Psa 56:4, Psa 118:6; Isa 8:12, Isa 8:13, Isa 41:10,Isa 41:14, Isa 51:7, Isa 51:12; Dan 3:16-18; Dan 6:10; Mat 10:28; Luk 12:4, Luk 12:5
the king's: Exo 1:16, Exo 1:22
when: Exo 2:10; Act 7:21-24
Choosing: Heb 10:32; Job 36:21; Psa 84:10; Mat 5:10-12, Mat 13:21; Act 7:24, Act 7:25, Act 20:23, Act 20:24; Rom 5:3, Rom 8:17, Rom 8:18, Rom 8:35-39; Co2 5:17; Col 1:24; Th2 1:3-6; Ti2 1:8; Ti2 2:3-10, Ti2 3:11, Ti2 3:12; Jam 1:20; Pe1 1:6, Pe1 1:7, Pe1 4:12-16
the people: Heb 4:9; Psa 47:9; Pe1 2:10
the pleasures: Job 20:5, Job 21:11-13; Psa 73:18-20; Isa 21:4, Isa 47:8, Isa 47:9; Luk 12:19, Luk 12:20; Luk 16:25; Jam 5:5; Rev 18:7
the reproach: Heb 10:33, Heb 13:13; Psa 69:7, Psa 69:20, Psa 89:50,Psa 89:51; Isa 51:7; Act 5:41; Co2 12:10; Co2 12:10; Pe1 1:11, Pe1 4:14
of Christ: or, for Christ
greater: Psa 37:16; Jer 9:23, Jer 9:24; Co2 6:10; Eph 1:18, Eph 3:8; Rev 2:9, Rev 3:18
for he had: Heb 11:6, Heb 2:2, Heb 10:35; Rut 2:12; Pro 11:18, Pro 23:18; Mat 5:12, Mat 6:1, Mat 10:41; Luk 14:14
he forsook: Exo 10:28, Exo 10:29, Exo 11:8, Exo 12:11, Exo 12:37-42, Exo 13:17-21
not fearing: Exo 2:14, Exo 2:15, Exo 4:19, Exo 14:10-13
endured: Heb 6:15, Heb 10:32, Heb 12:3; Mat 10:22, Mat 24:13; Mar 4:17, Mar 13:13; Co1 13:7; Jam 5:11
seeing: Heb 11:1, Heb 11:13, Heb 12:2; Psa 16:8; Act 2:25; Co2 4:18; Ti1 1:17, Ti1 6:16; Pe1 1:8
he kept: Exo 12:3-14, Exo 12:21-30
the sprinkling: Heb 9:19, Heb 12:24; Exo 12:7, Exo 12:13, Exo 12:23; Pe1 1:2
Exod. 14:13-31, 15:1-21; Jos 2:10; Neh 9:11; Psa 66:6, Psa 78:13, Psa 106:9-11; Psa 114:1-5, Psa 136:13-15; Isa 11:15, Isa 11:16, Isa 51:9, Isa 51:10, Isa 63:11-16; Hab 3:8-10
Josh. 6:3-20; Co2 10:4, Co2 10:5
the harlot: Josh. 2:1-22, Jos 6:22-25; Mat 1:1, Mat 1:5; Jam 2:25
believed not: or, were disobedient, Heb 3:18; Pe1 2:8, Pe1 3:20
she had: Jos 1:1, 2:4-24
what shall: Rom 3:5, Rom 4:1, Rom 6:1, Rom 7:7
the time: Joh 21:25
Gedeon: Judg. 6:1-8:35, Gideon, Sa1 12:11, Jerubbaal
Barak: Judg. 4:1-5:31
Samson: Judg. 13:1-16:31
Jephthae: Judg. 11:1-12:7, Jephthah
David: Sa1 16:1, Sa1 16:13, 17:1-18:30; Act 2:29-31, Act 13:22-36
Samuel: Sa1 1:20, Sa1 2:11, Sa1 2:18, 3:1-12:25, 28:3-25; Psa 99:6; Jer 15:1; Act 3:24; Act 13:20
the prophets: Mat 5:12; Luk 13:28, Luk 16:31; Act 10:43; Jam 5:10; Pe1 1:10-12; Pe2 1:21; Pe2 3:2
through: Josh. 6:1-13:33; 2Sam. 5:4-25, Sa2 8:1-14; Psa 18:32-34, Psa 44:2-6, Psa 144:1, Psa 144:2, Psa 144:10
wrought: Heb 11:4-8, Heb 11:17
obtained: Heb 6:12-15, Heb 10:36; Sa2 7:11-17; Gal 3:16
stopped: Jdg 14:5, Jdg 14:6; Sa1 17:33-36; Psa 91:13; Dan 6:20-23; Ti2 4:17; Pe1 5:8
Quenched: Psa 66:12; Isa 43:2; Dan 3:19-28; Pe1 4:12
escaped: Sa1 20:1; Sa2 21:16, Sa2 21:17; Kg1 19:3; Kg2 6:16-18, Kg2 6:32; Job 5:20; Psa 144:10; Jer 26:24
out of: Jdg 7:19-25, Jdg 8:4-10, Jdg 15:14-20, Jdg 16:19-30; Kg2 20:7-11; Job 42:10; Psa 6:8; Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10
turned: Sa1 14:13-15, Sa1 17:51, Sa1 17:52; 2Sam. 8:1-18; Ch2 14:11-14, Ch2 16:1-9, 20:6-25; Ch2 32:20-22
Women: Kg1 17:22-24; Kg2 4:27-37; Luk 7:12-16; Joh 11:40-45; Act 9:41
tortured: Act 22:24, Act 22:25, Act 22:29
not accepting: Act 4:19
that they: Mat 22:30; Mar 12:25; Luk 14:14, Luk 20:36; Joh 5:29; Act 23:6, Act 24:15; Co1 15:54; Phi 3:11
mockings: Jdg 16:25; Kg2 2:23; Ch2 30:10, Ch2 36:16; Jer 20:7; Mat 20:19; Mar 10:34; Luk 18:32, Luk 23:11, Luk 23:36
and scourgings: Kg1 22:24; Jer 20:2, Jer 37:15; Mat 21:35, Mat 23:34, Mat 27:26; Act 5:40, Act 16:22, Act 16:23; Co2 11:24, Co2 11:25
bonds: Heb 10:34; Gen 39:20; Kg1 22:27; Ch2 16:10; Psa 105:17, Psa 105:18; Jer 20:2, Jer 29:26; Jer 32:2, Jer 32:3, Jer 32:8, Jer 36:6, Jer 37:15-21, Jer 38:6-13, Jer 38:28, Jer 39:15; Lam 3:52-55; Act 4:3; Act 5:18, Act 8:3, 12:4-19, 16:24-40, Act 21:33, Act 24:27; Co2 11:23; Eph 3:1, Eph 4:1; Ti2 1:16, Ti2 2:9; Rev 2:10
stoned: Kg1 21:10,Kg1 21:13-15; Ch2 24:21; Mat 21:35, Mat 23:37; Luk 13:34; Joh 10:31-33; Act 7:58, Act 7:59, Act 14:19; Co2 11:25
were slain: Sa1 22:17-19; Kg1 18:4, Kg1 18:13, Kg1 19:1, Kg1 19:10,Kg1 19:14; Jer 2:30, Jer 26:23; Lam 4:13, Lam 4:14; Mat 23:35-37; Luk 11:51-54; Act 7:52, Act 12:2, Act 12:3
in sheepskins: Kg2 1:8; Mat 3:4; Rev 11:3
being destitute: Heb 12:1-3; Zac 13:9; Mat 8:20; Co1 4:9-13; Co2 11:23-27, Co2 12:10; Jam 5:10,Jam 5:11
whom: Kg1 14:12, Kg1 14:13; Kg2 23:25-29; Isa 57:1
wandered: Sa1 22:1, Sa1 23:15, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 23:23, Sa1 24:1-3, Sa1 26:1; Kg1 17:3, Kg1 18:4, Kg1 18:13, Kg1 19:9; Psa 142:1 *title Psa 142:2-7
Heb 11:2, Heb 11:13; Luk 10:23, Luk 10:24; Pe1 1:12
provided: or, foreseen
better: Heb 7:19, Heb 7:22, Heb 8:6, Heb 9:23, Heb 12:24
they without: Heb 9:8-15, Heb 10:11-14; Rom 3:25, Rom 3:26
made: Heb 5:9, Heb 12:23; Rev 6:11; The apostle in the early part of the chapter having given us a general account of the grace of faith, proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in Old Testament times. The leading instance and example of faith recorded, is that of righteous Abel. one of the first saints and the first martyr for religion - one who lived by faith and died for it, and therefore a fit pattern for the Hebrews to imitate. It is observable that the Holy Spirit has not thought fit to say anything here of the faith of our first parents; and yet the church of God has generally, by a pious charity, taken it for granted that God gave them repentance and faith in the promised seed; that he instructed them in the mystery of sacrificing, that they instructed their children in it, and that they found mercy with God, after they had ruined themselves and all their posterity. But God has left the matter still under some doubt, as a warning to all who have great talents given to them, and a great trust reposed in them, that they do not prove unfaithful, since God would not enrol our first parents among the number of believers in this blessed calendar. - Henry.