Hebrews 12:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Refuse

If they

Hebrews 2:1

Hebrews 3:17

Hebrews 10:28

Turn away

General references

Luke 14:24

Bible References

Refuse

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

Poverty and disgrace come to those
who ignore discipline,
but the one who accepts correction will be honored.

Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself,
but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.

They have returned to the sins of their ancestors who refused to obey My words and have followed other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke My covenant I made with their ancestors.

But she has rebelled against My ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him.
Listen to Him!

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?

—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

If they

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

And who was He provoked with for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Turn away

If you turn back from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.”

But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them,

“This is what the Lord’s entire community says: ‘What is this treachery you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, so that you are in rebellion against the Lord today?

However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

General references

“But if you do not obey Me and observe all these commands—

He let you hear His voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you His great fire on earth, and you heard His words from the fire.

I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to My words that he speaks in My name.

I will do this because they have not listened to My words”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that I sent to them with My servants the prophets time and time again.

And you too have not listened.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will enjoy my banquet!’”