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Hebrews 12: 1
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1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
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Hebrews 12: 2
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2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Hebrews 12: 3
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3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Hebrews 12: 4
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God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. |
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Hebrews 12: 5
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5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, |
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Hebrews 12: 6
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6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a] |
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Hebrews 12: 7
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7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
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Hebrews 12: 8
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8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
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Hebrews 12: 9
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9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
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Hebrews 12: 10
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10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
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Hebrews 12: 11
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11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
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Hebrews 12: 12
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12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
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Hebrews 12: 13
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13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
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Hebrews 12: 14
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Warning and Encouragement
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. |
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Hebrews 12: 15
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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
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Hebrews 12: 16
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16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.
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Hebrews 12: 17
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17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
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Hebrews 12: 18
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The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy
18 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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Hebrews 12: 19
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19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,
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Hebrews 12: 20
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20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[c]
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Hebrews 12: 21
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21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”[d]
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Hebrews 12: 22
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22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
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Hebrews 12: 23
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23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
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Hebrews 12: 24
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24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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Hebrews 12: 25
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25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
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Hebrews 12: 26
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26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[e]
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Hebrews 12: 27
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27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
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Hebrews 12: 28
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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
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Hebrews 12: 29
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29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[f]
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Hebrews 11: 1
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1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
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Hebrews 11: 2
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2 This is what the ancients were commended for.
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Hebrews 11: 3
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3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
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Hebrews 11: 4
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4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.
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Hebrews 11: 5
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5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a] For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
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Hebrews 11: 6
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6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
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Hebrews 11: 7
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7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
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Hebrews 11: 8
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8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
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Hebrews 11: 9
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9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
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Hebrews 11: 10
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10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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Hebrews 11: 11
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11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she[b] considered him faithful who had made the promise.
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Hebrews 11: 12
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12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
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Hebrews 11: 13
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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
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Hebrews 11: 14
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14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
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Hebrews 11: 15
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15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
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Hebrews 11: 16
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16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
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Hebrews 11: 17
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17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
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Hebrews 11: 18
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18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c]
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Hebrews 11: 19
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19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
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Hebrews 11: 20
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20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.
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Hebrews 11: 21
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21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
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Hebrews 11: 22
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22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.
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Hebrews 11: 23
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23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
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Hebrews 11: 24
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24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
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Hebrews 11: 25
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25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
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Hebrews 11: 26
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26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
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Hebrews 11: 27
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27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
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Hebrews 11: 28
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28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
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Hebrews 11: 29
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29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
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Hebrews 11: 30
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30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.
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Hebrews 11: 31
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31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d]
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Hebrews 11: 32
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32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,
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Hebrews 11: 33
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33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
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Hebrews 11: 34
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34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
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Hebrews 11: 35
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35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.
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Hebrews 11: 36
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36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
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Hebrews 11: 37
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37 They were put to death by stoning;[e] they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—
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Hebrews 11: 38
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38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
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Hebrews 11: 39
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39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,
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Hebrews 11: 40
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40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
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Footnotes
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Footnotes:
1. Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24 2. Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he 3. Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12 4. Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving 5. Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test; |
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Footnotes
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Footnotes:
1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint) 2. Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26 3. Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13 4. Hebrews 12:21 See Deut. 9:19. 5. Hebrews 12:26 Haggai 2:6 6. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24 |
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Hebrews 1: 1
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God’s Final Word: His Son
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, |
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Hebrews 1: 2
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2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
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Hebrews 1: 3
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3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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Hebrews 1: 4
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4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
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Hebrews 1: 5
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The Son Superior to Angels
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father”[a]? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”[b]? |
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Hebrews 1: 6
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6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.”[c] |
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Hebrews 1: 7
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7 In speaking of the angels he says,
“He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”[d] |
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Hebrews 1: 8
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8 But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. |
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Hebrews 1: 9
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9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”[e] |
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Hebrews 1: 10
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10 He also says,
“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. |
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Hebrews 1: 11
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11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment. |
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Hebrews 1: 12
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12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.”[f] |
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Hebrews 1: 13
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13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”[g]? |
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Hebrews 1: 14
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13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”[g]? |
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Footnotes Hebrews 1
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Footnotes:
1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7 2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13 3. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint) 4. Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4 5. Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6,7 6. Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27 7. Hebrews 1:13 Psalm 110:1 |
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Psalm 87: 1
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1 He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
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Psalm 87: 2
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2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the other dwellings of Jacob. |
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Psalm 87: 3
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3 Glorious things are said of you,
city of God:[a] |
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Psalm 87: 4
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4 “I will record Rahab[b] and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me— Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush[c]— and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[d] |
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Psalm 87: 5
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5 Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.” |
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Psalm 87: 6
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6 The LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
“This one was born in Zion.” |
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Psalm 87: 7
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7 As they make music they will sing,
“All my fountains are in you.” (Singers and Dancers alike say, "All my springs are in Thee.") |
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Psalm 84: 1
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1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
LORD Almighty! |
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Psalm 84: 2
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2 My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. |
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Psalm 84: 3
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3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God. |
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Psalm 84: 4
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4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.[c] |
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Psalm 84: 5
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5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. |
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Psalm 84: 6
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6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.[d] |
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Psalm 84: 7
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7 They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion. |
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Psalm 84: 8
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8 Hear my prayer, LORD God Almighty;
listen to me, God of Jacob. |
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Psalm 84: 9
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9 Look on our shield,[e] O God;
look with favor on your anointed one. |
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Psalm 84: 10
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10 Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. |
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Psalm 84: 11
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11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. |
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Psalm 84: 11
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12 LORD Almighty,
blessed is the one who trusts in you. |
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Psalm 84 Footnotes
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Footnotes:
1. Psalm 84:1 In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13. 2. Psalm 84:1 Title: Probably a musical term 3. Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8. 4. Psalm 84:6 Or blessings 5. Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign |
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Psalm 84
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Psalm 84
Psalm 84[a] For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. |
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Psalm 87
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Psalm 87
Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song. |
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Psalm 87 Footnotes
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Footnotes:
1. Psalm 87:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6. 2. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt 3. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region 4. Psalm 87:4 Or “I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This one was born in Zion.’ / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.” |
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Psalm 122
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Psalm 122
A song of ascents. Of David. |
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Psalm 122: 1
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1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD.” |
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Psalm 122: 2
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2 Our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem. |
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Psalm 122: 3
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3 Jerusalem is built like a city
that is closely compacted together. |
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Psalm 122: 4
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4 That is where the tribes go up—
the tribes of the LORD— to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel. |
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Psalm 122: 5
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5 There stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David. |
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Psalm 122: 6
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6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure. |
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Psalm 122: 7
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7 May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.” |
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Psalm 122: 8
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8 For the sake of my family and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.” |
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Psalm 122: 9
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9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek your prosperity. |
