Hebrews 12:16

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau,—who, for the sake of one meal, yielded up his own firstborn rights;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15Using oversight—lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,—lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:

17For ye know that, afterwards—when he even wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for, place of repentance, found he none, even though, with tears, he diligently sought it.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:31And Jacob said,—Come sell, just now, thy birthright unto me.

Mark 7:21For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth,—fornications, thefts,

Acts 15:29To be abstaining from idol sacrifices, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication,—From which, if ye keep yourselves, ye shall prosper. Fare ye well.

1 Corinthians 5:9I wrote unto you in my letter—not to be mixing yourselves up with fornicators;—

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

Galatians 5:19Manifest, however, are the works of the flesh, which, indeed, are—fornication, impurity, wantonness,

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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