Hebrews 12:14

Do your best to live in peace with everybody, and look for holiness—if you don't have this you won't see the Lord.

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In The King James Version

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

In Context

13Make straight paths to walk on, so that those who are crippled won't lose their way, but will be healed.

15Make sure that none of you lack God's grace, in case some cause of bitterness arises to give trouble and end up corrupting many of you.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:30Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “I saw God face to face and I'm still alive!”

Job 19:26Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.

Psalms 34:14Reject what is evil, do what is good. Look for peace, and work to make it a reality.

Psalms 94:15Justice will once again be based on what is right; those who are sincere will support it.

Psalms 133:1How good, how delightful it is when people live together lin harmony!

Proverbs 16:7When the way that people live pleases the Lord, he makes even their enemies be at peace with them.

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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