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Hebrews 12:25

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

KJV

βλέπετε μὴ παραιτήσησθε τὸν λαλοῦντα· εἰ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐκ ἐξέφυγον ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸν χρηματίζοντα, πολὺ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς οἱ τὸν ἀπ’ οὐρανῶν ἀποστρεφόμενοι·

Greek NT

Videte ne recusetis loquentem. Si enim illi non effugerunt, recusantes eum, qui super terram loquebatur : multo magis nos, qui de cælis loquentem nobis avertimus.

Vulgate

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven:

ASV

See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon earth, much more shall not we that turn away from him that speaketh to us from heaven.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
παραιτέομαι
paraiteomai
verb · 12×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
χρηματίζω
chrematizo
verb · 9×
ἀποστρέφω
apostrepho
verb · 9×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐκφεύγω
ekpheugo
verb · 8×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐξέφυγον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξέφυγον | RP: ἔφυγον
  • ἐξέφυγονSBLGNT
  • ἐξέφυγονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἔφυγονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸν | RP: τὸν ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι
  • ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸνSBLGNT
  • ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοι τὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸν ἐπὶ γῆς παραιτησάμενοιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πολὺ | WH/Treg/NIV: πολὺ | RP: πολλῷ
  • πολὺSBLGNT
  • πολὺWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πολλῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 12:16 — So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Isr
  • 2Chr 7:19 — But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • 2Chr 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake
  • 2Cor 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
  • Acts 3:23 — And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
  • Acts 4:12 — Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
  • Acts 13:40 — Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
  • Deut 4:36 — Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
  • Deut 18:19 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
  • Deut 30:17 — But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
  • Eph 5:15 — See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
  • Exod 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 16:29 — See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
  • Exod 20:22 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
  • Exod 23:21 — Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
  • Ezek 3:19 — Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Heb 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  • Heb 8:5 — Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patter
  • Heb 8:5 — Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patter
  • Heb 10:27 — But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
  • Heb 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
  • Heb 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thi
  • Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
  • Isa 28:12 — To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
  • Isa 30:15 — For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
  • Isa 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
  • Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
  • Jer 29:19 — Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
  • John 3:18 — He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
  • John 8:24 — I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
  • John 12:48 — He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
  • Josh 1:18 — Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
  • Josh 22:16 — Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an alt
  • Lev 26:14 — But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
  • Luke 14:24 — For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
  • Mal 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: