Hebrews 12:18

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“For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;”

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BSBPD

“For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 12:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 19:12And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
  2. Exodus 20:18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
  3. Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
  5. Deuteronomy 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
  6. Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  7. Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
  8. 2 Corinthians 3:9For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
  9. 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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