Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder, and by it many be defiled.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14Follow peace with all men, and holiness: without which no man shall see God.
Cross References
Exodus 32:21And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin?
Deuteronomy 29:18Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.
Joshua 6:18But beware ye lest you touch ought of those things that are forbidden, and you be guilty of transgression, and all the camp of Israel be under sin, and be troubled.
Joshua 22:17Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day? and many of the people perished.
Proverbs 4:23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
Isaiah 5:7dummy verses inserted by amos
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 →