Hebrews 12:12

Therefore, lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

13and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weak hands,and make firm the feeble knees.

Ezekiel 21:7It shall be, when they tell you, 'Why do you sigh?' that you shall say, 'Because of the news, for it comes; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord God.'"

Nahum 2:10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

Hebrews 12:3For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, that you do not grow weary, fainting in your souls.

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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