Hebrews 12:16

or lest any one be found among you a fornicator; or a heedless one like Esau, who for one mess of food, sold his primogeniture.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

In Context

15And be careful, lest any be found among you destitute of the grace of God; or lest some root of bitterness shoot forth germs, and trouble you; and thereby many be defiled:

17For ye know that, afterwards when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found not a place for repentance, although he sought it with tears.

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Cross References

Mark 7:21For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, whoredom,

Acts 15:29that ye keep aloof from a sacrifice to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from whoredom. And if ye keep yourselves from these, ye will do well. Be ye steadfast in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote to you by letter, not to commingle with whoremongers.

1 Corinthians 10:8Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them committed; and there fell in one day twenty and three thousand.

Galatians 5:19For the works of the flesh are known, which are whoredom, impurity, lasciviousness,

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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