Hebrews 12:15

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KJV King James Version

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;

BSB Berean Standard Bible

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

WEB World English Bible

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

ASV American Standard Version

looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Surrounding context — Hebrews 12

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;

16 Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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

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Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.Deuteronomy 29:18Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;Galatians 5:4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.2 Corinthians 6:1We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.Jeremiah 2:21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?2 Peter 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.Hebrews 4:11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.Jude 1:20-21But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.2 Timothy 2:16-17But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.1 Kings 14:16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.Hebrews 6:11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

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