KJV King James Version
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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1 Corinthians 10:12
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, lest he fall.
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 10
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
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Romans 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:2 Peter 3:17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.Proverbs 16:18Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.Matthew 26:40-41And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?Matthew 26:33-34Peter answered and said unto him, Though all [men] shall be offended because of thee, [yet] will I never be offended.Proverbs 28:14Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.Revelation 3:17-18Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:1 Corinthians 4:6-8And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
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