Hebrews 10:38

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“But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.””

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BSBPD

“But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 10:38 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
  2. Psalms 5:4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
  3. Psalms 85:8I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
  4. Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
  5. Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
  6. Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
  7. Ezekiel 3:20Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  8. Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
  9. Habakkuk 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright— but the righteous will live by faith—
  10. Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
  11. Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
  12. Matthew 12:18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
  13. Matthew 12:43When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
  14. Matthew 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
  15. Romans 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  16. Galatians 3:11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
  17. 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
  18. Hebrews 6:4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
  19. Hebrews 10:26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
  20. 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
  21. 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

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