Hebrews 12:17

For know ye that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance, although with tears he had sought it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

In Context

16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.

18For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:24Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

Luke 13:24Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.

Hebrews 6:8But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers, is reprobate, and very near unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.

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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