Hebrews 6:8

But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

In Context

7For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

9But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Genesis 5:29And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

Deuteronomy 29:28Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.

Job 31:40Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.

Isaiah 5:1Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:

Jeremiah 17:6For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 6:2-9

Advancement in Holiness; First Principles. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the… Read the whole commentary →

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