Hebrews 12:16

lest a fornicator or profane man like Esau, who, in place of one meal sold his birthright.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

17For ye also know that wanting afterward to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though having sought it with tears.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:31And Jacob said, First sell me thy birthright.

Mark 7:21For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,

Acts 15:29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, keeping yourselves from which, ye will do well. Be strong.

1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you in the letter not to associate with fornicators,

1 Corinthians 10:8Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and three thousand fell in one day.

Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

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