Hebrews 11:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.”
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“The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“of whom the world was not worthy; in deserts wandering, and <FI>in<Fi> mountains, and <FI>in<Fi> caves, and <FI>in<Fi> the holes of the earth;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 11:38 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 22:1So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
- 1 Samuel 23:15While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
- 1 Samuel 23:23Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
- 1 Samuel 24:1After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
- 1 Samuel 26:1Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- 1 Kings 14:12As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
- 1 Kings 17:3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:13Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
- 1 Kings 19:9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- 2 Kings 23:25Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
- Psalms 142:1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
- Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
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