Hebrews 12:15

A Serious Warning Against Refusing God

¹⁴ Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many. ¹⁶ And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.

Be Careful

From God

Grace of God

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Galatians 5:4

You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

Hebrews 3:12

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.

Joshua 7:25-26

Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Today the Lord will trouble you!” So all Israel stoned them to death. They burned their bodies, threw stones on them,

Joshua 22:17-20

Wasn’t the sin of Peor, which brought a plague on the Lord’s community, enough for us, so that we have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,

1 Kings 14:16

He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.”

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I did?
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
did it yield worthless grapes?

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?

Matthew 7:16-18

You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Acts 20:30-31

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast permeates the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never ends.
But as for prophecies,
they will come to an end;
as for languages, they will cease;
as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

2 Corinthians 13:5

Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you fail the test.

Galatians 2:13

Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

Ephesians 5:3

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Colossians 3:5

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

2 Timothy 2:16-17

But avoid irreverent, empty speech, for this will produce an even greater measure of godlessness.

Hebrews 2:1-2

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

Hebrews 6:11

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope,

Hebrews 10:23-35

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

2 Peter 2:1-2

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

Jude 1:20-21

But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit,

Exodus 32:21

Then Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you have led them into such a grave sin?”

Deuteronomy 32:32

For their vine is from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poisonous;
their clusters are bitter.

Joshua 6:18

But keep yourselves from the things set apart, or you will be set apart for destruction. If you take any of those things, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster on it.