Hebrews 11:33 Cross References
Hebrews 11:33
33: By faith these people overthrew kingdoms, ruled with justice, and received what God had promised them. They shut the mouths of lions,
Judges 14:5
- As Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah, a young lion attacked Samson near the vineyards of Timnah.
- At that moment the Spirit of the LORD powerfully took control of him, and he ripped the lion's jaws apart with his bare hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he didn't tell his father or mother about it.
1 Samuel 17:33
- "Don't be ridiculous!" Saul replied. "There is no way you can go against this Philistine. You are only a boy, and he has been in the army since he was a boy!"
- But David persisted. "I have been taking care of my father's sheep," he said. "When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
- I go after it with a club and take the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
- I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
Psalms 144:1
- Bless the LORD, who is my rock. He gives me strength for war and skill for battle.
- He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my deliverer. He stands before me as a shield, and I take refuge in him. He subdues the nations under me.
Hebrews 11:4
- It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. God accepted Abel's offering to show that he was a righteous man. And although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us because of his faith.
- It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying--"suddenly he disappeared because God took him." But before he was taken up, he was approved as pleasing to God.
- So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
- It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something that had never happened before. By his faith he condemned the rest of the world and was made right in God's sight.
- It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.
Psalms 144:10
- For you grant victory to kings! You are the one who rescued your servant David.
Daniel 6:20
- When he got there, he called out in anguish, "Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you worship continually, able to rescue you from the lions?"
- Daniel answered, "Long live the king!
- My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty."
- The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him because he had trusted in his God.
1 Peter 5:8
- Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour.
Psalms 44:2
- You drove out the pagan nations and gave all the land to our ancestors; you crushed their enemies, setting our ancestors free.
- They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strength that gave them victory. It was by your mighty power that they succeeded; it was because you favored them and smiled on them.
- You are my King and my God. You command victories for your people.
- Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes.
- I do not trust my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me.
Hebrews 6:12
- Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God's promises because of their faith and patience.
- For example, there was God's promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:
- "I will certainly bless you richly, and I will multiply your descendants into countless millions."
- Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.
Joshua 6:1
- Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go in or out.
- But the LORD said to Joshua, "I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its mighty warriors.
- Your entire army is to march around the city once a day for six days.
- Seven priests will walk ahead of the Ark, each carrying a ram's horn. On the seventh day you are to march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the horns.
- When you hear the priests give one long blast on the horns, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the walls of the city will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the city."
Psalms 18:32
- God arms me with strength; he has made my way safe.
- He makes me as surefooted as a deer, leading me safely along the mountain heights.
- He prepares me for battle; he strengthens me to draw a bow of bronze.
Hebrews 11:17
- It was by faith that Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice when God was testing him. Abraham, who had received God's promises, was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac,
Hebrews 10:36
- Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
2 Samuel 8:1
- After this, David subdued and humbled the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest city.
- David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David's servants and brought him tribute money.
- David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
- David captured seventeen hundred charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Then he crippled all but one hundred of the chariot horses.
- When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
Psalms 91:13
- You will trample down lions and poisonous snakes; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
2 Samuel 5:4
- David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in all.
- He had reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months, and from Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
- David then led his troops to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites. "You'll never get in here," the Jebusites taunted. "Even the blind and lame could keep you out!" For the Jebusites thought they were safe.
- But David captured the fortress of Zion, now called the City of David.
- When the insulting message from the defenders of the city reached David, he told his own troops, "Go up through the water tunnel into the city and destroy those `lame' and `blind' Jebusites. How I hate them." That is the origin of the saying, "The blind and the lame may not enter the house."
Galatians 3:16
- God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.
2 Timothy 4:17
- But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength, that I might preach the Good News in all its fullness for all the Gentiles to hear. And he saved me from certain death.
2 Samuel 7:11
- from the time I appointed judges to rule my people. And I will keep you safe from all your enemies. "`And now the LORD declares that he will build a house for you--a dynasty of kings!
- For when you die, I will raise up one of your descendants, and I will make his kingdom strong.
- He is the one who will build a house--a temple--for my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will use other nations to punish him.
- But my unfailing love will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed before you.