Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
New American Standard Bible
See to it that no one
King James Version
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Holman Bible
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.
International Standard Version
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.
A Conservative Version
Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,
American Standard Version
looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby the many be defiled;
Amplified
See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
An Understandable Version
Look carefully [at how you are living] so that no one falls away from God's unearned favor, and that no "poisonous plant sprouts up" to cause trouble and corrupt many people [Note: This is an analogy from Deut. 29:16-18 being used as a warning against the evil influence of wicked people],
Anderson New Testament
taking care, lest any one slight the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness spring up and trouble you, and by this many be defiled;
Bible in Basic English
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
Common New Testament
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness spring up and cause trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Daniel Mace New Testament
take care not to deprive yourselves of the divine favour: and that no poisonous root spring up, and spread a general infection among you.
Darby Translation
watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Godbey New Testament
looking diligently lest any one may fail from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up may trouble you, and through it many may be defiled;
Goodspeed New Testament
Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all??16 some immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his very birthright for one single meal.
John Wesley New Testament
Looking diligently, lest any one fall from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled: Lest there be any fornicator or profane person,
Julia Smith Translation
Observing narrowly lest any be failing of the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing forth aloft give trouble, and by this many be defiled;
King James 2000
Looking diligently lest any man fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Modern King James verseion
looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God, or lest any root of bitterness springing up disturb you, and by it many are defiled,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:
Moffatt New Testament
see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;
Montgomery New Testament
Look carefully that there be no one who falls back from the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up to trouble you, and by its means many become defiled.
NET Bible
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.
New Heart English Bible
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Noyes New Testament
looking diligently, lest any one come short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and the many be thereby defiled;
Sawyer New Testament
taking care that no one may come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make trouble and by it many be defiled,
The Emphasized Bible
Using oversight - lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God, - lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
carefully observing lest any of you fail of attaining the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and by it many be defiled;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, 'that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,' and so poison the whole community.
Webster
Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you, and by it many be defiled;
Weymouth New Testament
Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;
Williams New Testament
Continue to look after one another, that no one fails to gain God's spiritual blessing; or some evil like a bitter root may spring up and trouble you, and many of you be contaminated by it --
World English Bible
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Worrell New Testament
looking carefully, lest there be any one falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness, springing up, trouble you, and through it many be defiled;
Worsley New Testament
looking to it, least there be any one falling short of the grace of God, least any root of bitterness springing up should be troublesome, and by it many be defiled:
Youngs Literal Translation
looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Are ruinous to spiritual interest
Diligence » Required by God in » Guarding against defilement
Diligence » Guarding against defilement
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
Example » Evil example to be shunned
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Hebrews 12:15
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 12:15
Images Hebrews 12:15
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Verse Info
Context Readings
A Serious Warning Against Refusing God
14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. 15 Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 [that] no one [be] a sexually immoral or totally worldly [person] like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.
Cross References
Galatians 5:4
You are estranged from Christ, [you] who are attempting to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.
Hebrews 3:12
Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, [with the result that you] fall away from the living God.
Deuteronomy 29:18
so that {there is not} among you a man or a woman or a clan or a tribe {whose heart} turns {today} from [being] with Yahweh our God to go to serve the gods of these nations, so that there is not among you a root sprouting poison and wormwood.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Now [because we] are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Deuteronomy 4:9
"However, {take care} for yourself and watch your inner self closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to {your grandchildren}.
Hebrews 4:1
Therefore let us fear, [while there] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of [it].
Joshua 7:25-26
And Joshua said, "Why did you bring us trouble? Yahweh will bring you trouble on this day." And all Israel stoned them [with] stones; and they burned them with fire [after] they stoned them with stones.
Joshua 22:17-20
[Is] not the sin of Peor {enough for us}, from which we have not cleansed ourselves today, and for which a plague came to the congregation of Yahweh,
1 Kings 14:16
He will give up Israel because of the sin of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he caused Israel to sin."
Proverbs 4:23
With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it [comes] the source of life.
Isaiah 5:4
What more [was there] to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? Why did I hope for [it] to yield grapes, and it yielded wild grapes?
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!
Jeremiah 2:21
Yet I planted you [as] a choice vine, all of it a seed of trustworthiness. How then have you altered before me [into something that is] degenerate, the foreign vine?
Matthew 7:16-18
You will recognize them by their fruits: they do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, [do they]?
Luke 22:32
but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. And you, [when] once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
Acts 20:30-31
And from among you yourselves men will arise, speaking {perversions of the truth} in order to draw away the disciples after them.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 13:8
Love never ends. But if [there are] prophecies, they will pass away. If [there are] tongues, they will cease. If [there is] knowledge, it will pass away.
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 not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ [is] in you, unless you are unqualified?
Galatians 2:13
and the rest of the Jews also joined in [this] hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with them in [their] hypocrisy.
Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),
Colossians 3:5
Therefore put to death {what is earthly in you}: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,
2 Timothy 2:16-17
But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,
Hebrews 2:1-2
Because of this, [it is] all the more necessary [that] we pay attention to the [things] we have heard, lest we drift away.
Hebrews 4:11
Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 6:11
And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of [your] hope until the end,
Hebrews 10:23-35
Let us hold fast to the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for the one who promised [is] faithful.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because [if you] do these [things], you will never ever stumble.
2 Peter 2:1-2
But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}, even denying the Master who bought them, [thus] bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2 Peter 2:18
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
2 Peter 3:11
[Because] all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of [people] must you be in holy behavior and godliness,
2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, dear friends, [because you] are waiting for these [things], make every effort to be found at peace, spotless and unblemished in him.
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.
Jude 1:20-21
But you, dear friends, [by] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, [by] praying in the Holy Spirit,
Exodus 32:21
And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you brought on them [such] a great sin?"
Deuteronomy 32:32
For their vine [is] from the vine of Sodom, and from the terraces of Gomorrah; their grapes [are] grapes of poison; {their clusters are bitter}.
Joshua 6:18
As for you, keep [away] from the things devoted to destruction so that you do not take them and bring about your own destruction, making the camp of Israel an object for destruction, bringing trouble upon it.