Hebrews 12:12

Wherfore lift vp your hands which hang downe, and your weake knees,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

In Context

11Now no chastising for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but, grieuous: but afterwarde, it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are thereby exercised.

13And make straight steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees.

Ezekiel 21:7And if they say vnto thee, Wherefore mournest thou? then answere, Because of the bruite: for it commeth, and euery heart shall melt, and all handes shall be weake, and all mindes shall faint, and all knees shall fall away as water: beholde, it commeth, and shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Nahum 2:10She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.

Hebrews 12:3Consider therefore him that endured such speaking against of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your mindes.

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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