Hebrews 13:5
Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
6So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.
Cross References
Genesis 28:15And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said.
Exodus 2:21And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:
Deuteronomy 31:6Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:5No man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee.
1 Samuel 12:22And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18
Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →