Hebrews 6:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”
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“Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 6:12 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
- Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Proverbs 18:9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
- Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Proverbs 26:14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
- Song of Solomon 1:8If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Matthew 25:26‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
- Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- Luke 20:37Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
- Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Romans 4:12And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
- Romans 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
- Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:4That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
- Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
- Hebrews 6:15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
- Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
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