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

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth sense.

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for mine ordinances have they refused; and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.

This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

If they

For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things we have heard, lest in any way we should slip away.

And with whom was he wroth forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

Any one that has disregarded Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses:

Turn away

If ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to other gods and serve them;

Thus saith the whole assembly of Jehovah: What wickedness is this which ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have built yourselves an altar, rebelling this day against Jehovah?

But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.

General references

But if ye hearken not unto me, and do not all these commandments,

From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire.

And it shall come to pass that the man who hearkeneth not unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.

for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.