Hebrews 11:16
But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
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Hebrews 11:16
But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
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Hebrews 11:14
For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
Hebrews 11:15
And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews 11:11
And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
Hebrews 11:12
So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.
2 Corinthians 5:6
So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,
Psalms 119:54
Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.
Acts 7:5
And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
Genesis 25:8
And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
Romans 4:17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
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Hebrews 11:13
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Psalms 39:12
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.
1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
Genesis 23:4
I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.
Psalms 119:19
I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,
Psalms 105:12
When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;
John 8:56
Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.
Romans 4:13
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Hebrews 6:15
And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.
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Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.
Philippians 3:20
For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:
Isaiah 26:4
Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
2 Corinthians 4:18
While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.
Psalms 37:3
Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Romans 8:25
But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
Colossians 3:2
Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
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Matthew 22:31
But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
Matthew 22:33
And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.
Exodus 3:6
And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
Exodus 3:15
And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
Exodus 3:16
Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;
Genesis 28:13
And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
Genesis 26:24
That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
Luke 20:37
But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Luke 20:38
Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.
Genesis 26:3
Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
Mark 12:26
But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
Genesis 28:15
And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
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Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Genesis 17:7
And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Genesis 17:8
And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
Exodus 6:7
And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
Deuteronomy 26:17
Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:
Deuteronomy 26:18
And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;
Deuteronomy 26:19
And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
Psalms 144:15
Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Leviticus 22:33
Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 25:38
I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.
Leviticus 26:12
And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.
Numbers 15:41
I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.
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Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
Hebrews 12:23
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
Revelation 21:9
And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels in which were the seven last punishments, came and said to me, Come here, and see the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Revelation 21:10
And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.
Revelation 3:12
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
Revelation 22:19
And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.
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Matthew 25:34
Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.
Matthew 20:23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
Psalms 31:19
O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
Isaiah 64:4
The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ...any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
Mark 10:40
But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.
Psalms 23:5
You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
Psalms 63:10
They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
Matthew 22:4
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
Luke 2:31
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
Luke 14:17
And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.
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Jeremiah 32:38
And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Ezekiel 37:27
And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.
Ezekiel 36:28
So that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.
Ezekiel 11:20
So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
Ezekiel 39:22
So the children of Israel will be certain that I am the Lord their God, from that day and for the future.
Hosea 2:23
And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Ezekiel 14:11
So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:23
And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
Hosea 1:10
But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
Zechariah 8:8
And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.
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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:
Revelation 21:3
And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
2 Corinthians 6:17
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
Ezekiel 36:25
And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
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Hebrews 10:34
For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
Hebrews 11:35
Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
Hebrews 8:6
But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
Hebrews 1:1
In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;
Hebrews 1:3
Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
Hebrews 7:23
And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;
Hebrews 7:24
But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.
Hebrews 7:25
So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.
Hebrews 7:26
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
Hebrews 11:40
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
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Hebrews 2:11
For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,
Hebrews 9:23
For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.
Hebrews 1:4
Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.
Hebrews 7:19
(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.
Hebrews 7:20
And as this is not without the taking of an oath
Hebrews 7:21
(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);
Hebrews 7:22
By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.
Hebrews 1:2
But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
Hebrews 7:27
Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.
Hebrews 7:28
The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.
Hebrews 9:8
The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;
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John 14:2
In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
John 14:3
And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:4
And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
Genesis 9:26
And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
John 17:24
Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
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Jeremiah 31:1
At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 30:22
And you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Jeremiah 24:7
And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.
Psalms 48:14
Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.
Isaiah 41:10
Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
Jeremiah 11:4
To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:
Deuteronomy 29:13
And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
1 Chronicles 17:24
So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.
Psalms 43:4
Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.
Psalms 67:6
The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.
Jeremiah 31:31
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:
Jeremiah 31:32
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
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Acts 7:32
I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.
Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.
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Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalms 16:6
Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.
Psalms 16:7
I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
Psalms 16:8
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
Psalms 16:9
Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.
Psalms 16:10
For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
Psalms 16:11
You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
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2 Corinthians 5:2
For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:
1 Samuel 3:18
Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
2 Samuel 15:26
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
Isaiah 57:1
The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
Isaiah 57:2
They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.
Luke 2:29
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
Acts 7:59
And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
Acts 7:60
And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
2 Corinthians 5:9
For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
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Mark 8:38
Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
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Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
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2 Corinthians 5:1
For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
Hebrews 4:11
Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
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1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
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