Hebrews 6:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Common English Bible

¹² This is so you won’t be lazy but follow the example of the ones who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² That you become not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:12 Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

Proverbs 2:20

Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.

Proverbs 26:14

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.

Proverbs 28:10

Those who mislead the upright into evil ways will fall into pits of their own making, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the tracks of the flock and pasture your kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, “We will not walk in it.”

Matthew 22:32

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead but of the living.”

Matthew 25:26

But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?

Luke 16:22

The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 8:15

But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with endurance.

Romans 12:11

Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

Romans 4:12

and likewise the ancestor of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 5:11

About this we have much to say that is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

Hebrews 6:15

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

James 1:3

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.

1 John 2:25

And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.

Revelation 13:10

If you are to be taken captive, into captivity you go; if you kill with the sword, with the sword you must be killed. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.