Hebrews 10:38

A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin

³⁷ For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay. ³⁸ But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him. ³⁹ But we are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul.

By Faith

In Me

Just Shall Live by Faith

Live by Faith

Righteous Man

Righteous One

Take Pleasure In

O God

No

Romans 1:17

for righteousness of God is revealed therein, on the principle of faith, to faith: according as it is written, But the just shall live by faith.

Galatians 3:11

but that by law no one is justified with God is evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;

Habakkuk 2:4

Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith.

Psalm 5:4

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Psalm 85:8

I will hear what God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.

Psalm 147:11

Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

Psalm 149:4

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.

Ezekiel 3:20

And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

Ezekiel 18:24

And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Zephaniah 1:6

and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at your hand.

Matthew 12:18

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

Matthew 12:43-45

But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

Matthew 13:21

but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and are against all men,

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:26-27

For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,

2 Peter 2:19-22

promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.

1 John 2:19

They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.