Hebrews 6:12
Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
In Context
11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
Cross References
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 24:30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Song of Solomon 1:8If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 6:10-20
Cautions against Apostasy; The Divine Promise and Oath. ( a. d. 62.) 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who… Read the whole commentary →