Hebrews 12:16

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Summary

Hebrews 12:16

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Any fornicator

As esau

Genesis 25:31

Genesis 27:36

General references

Deuteronomy 21:16

Bible References

Any fornicator

Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

We should write to them that they should abstain from things polluted by idols, from fornication, from things strangled and from blood.

It is reported that there is sexual immorality among you. This type of fornication is not even found among the people of the nations (who do not know God). There is a man who has his father's wife.

Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and unite them with (turn them into) the members of a prostitute? God forbid!

Do not commit fornication like some of them committed. Twenty three thousand of them died in one day.

I am afraid that the next time I come my God will humiliate me in your presence, and I shall weep over many who sinned in the past and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication and loose conduct that they have practiced.

Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,

Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among holy ones.

Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.

This is the will of God, for your sanctification (holiness) (purification), that you should abstain from fornication.

But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads my servants astray so that they commit immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

Outside are the dogs (impure men) and those who practice spiritism, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who tells lies.'

As esau

Jacob answered: I will give it to you if you give me your birthright as the firstborn son.

Esau said: This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the firstborn son. Now he has taken my blessing. Have you saved a blessing for me?

General references

The day he wills his possessions to his sons, he should not put the firstborn son of the loved wife before the firstborn son of the unloved wife.