Hebrews 2:1
For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.
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Deuteronomy 4:9And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,
Deuteronomy 32:46And he said to them: “Set your hearts upon all the words which I am testifying to you this day. So shall you command your sons, to keep, and to do, and to fulfill all the things that have been written in this law.
1 Chronicles 22:13For then you will be able to advance, if you keep the commandments and judgments that the Lord instructed Moses to teach to Israel. Be strengthened and act manfully. You should not fear, and you should not dread.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you,
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
Proverbs 7:1My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:1
In this chapter the apostle, I. Makes some application of the doctrine laid down in the chapter foregoing concerning the excellency of the person of Christ, both by way of exhortation and argument, ver. 1-4 . II. Enlarges further upon the pre-eminence of Christ above the angels, ver. 5-9 . III. Proceeds to remove the scandal of the cross, ver. 10-15 . IV. Asserts the incarnation of Christ, taking upon him not the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, and assigns the reason of his so doing, ver. 16, to the end… Read the whole commentary →