Hebrews 6:8
But land that only produces weeds and thorns is worthless, and is about to be condemned. In the end all that can be done is to burn it.
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In Context
7Land that has been watered by rain, and produces crops for those who farm it, has God's blessing.
9But dear friends, we believe better of you and your salvation, even if we talk like this!
Cross References
Genesis 3:17He told Adam, “Because you did what your wife told you, and ate fruit from the tree after I ordered you, ‘Don't eat fruit from this tree,’ the ground is now cursed because of you. You will have to work painfully hard to grow food from it throughout your whole life.
Genesis 5:29He named him Noah, with the explanation, “He will provide relief for us from all the hard manual labor we need to do in cultivating the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Deuteronomy 29:28The Lord uprooted them from their country in his anger, rage, and fury, and he threw them out, leaving them in another land, where they are to this day.”
Job 31:40then let thorns grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
Isaiah 5:1Let me sing a song for my love, about his vineyard. My love owned a vineyard on a productive hill.
Jeremiah 17:6They will be like a shrub alone in the desert that isn't even aware when good things happen. It just goes on living in the dry desert, in a salt flat that's uninhabited.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 6:2-9
Advancement in Holiness; First Principles. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the… Read the whole commentary →