The Peril of Unbelief
Hebrews 3:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
- KJV
- Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- WEB
- Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
- ASV
- Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
- LSV
- Watch out, brothers, lest there will be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
- YLT
- See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
- DBY
- See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.Elohim
- DRC
- Take heed, brethren, lest perhaps there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, to depart from the living God.
- GNV
- Take heede, brethren, least at any time there be in any of you an euill heart, and vnfaithfull, to depart away from the liuing God.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ζῶντος,
- RP2018
- Βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ζῶντος·
- TR-Boyd
- Βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ζῶντος·
- SCR1894
- βλεπετε αδελφοι μηποτε εσται εν τινι υμων καρδια πονηρα απιστιας εν τω αποστηναι απο θεου ζωντος
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MosesUnbeliefProcrastinationCongregationHeedfulnessHap; HaplySelf-WillSelf-Will and StubbornnessReprobacyApostasy; Apostate
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Jeremiah 18:12But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
- 1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Mark 7:21–23For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. All these evils come from within, and…
- Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
- Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
- Matthew 24:4Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- Jeremiah 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
- Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
- Mark 13:33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
- Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
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