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Hebrews 11:38 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Hebrews 11:38 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hebrews chapter 11 verse 38 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”
Hebrews 11:38 (KJV)
Commentary on Hebrews 11:38
Of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. This stunning statement reverses worldly values. These persecuted, impoverished, hunted believers whom the world rejected, tortured, and killed are declared superior to the world itself. 'The world was not worthy' (ouk ēn axios ho kosmos, οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος) means the world didn't deserve such noble inhabitants. Those the world deemed worthless are actually too valuable for the world.Their wandering 'in deserts, mountains, dens and caves' describes fugitive existence, hiding fro...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hebrews 11:38
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“when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh”
“and lodged there; and behold”
“and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it”
“and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away”
“when Saul was returned from following the Philistines”
“how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave”
“and turn you eastward”
“saying”
“when he was in the cave. A Prayer.>> I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice”
“get you to your house: [and] when your feet enter into the city”