Hebrews 2:1 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹ Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ SINCE ALL this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip away.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

Common English Bible

¹ This is why it’s necessary for us to pay more attention to what we have heard, or else we may drift away from it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.

Hebrews 2:1 Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:13

Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Fear not; be not dismayed.

Psalm 119:9

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, keep sound wisdom and discretion; let them not escape from your sight,

Habakkuk 1:6

For lo, I am rousing the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who march through the breadth of the earth, to seize habitations not their own.

Habakkuk 2:16

You will be sated with contempt instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and stagger! The cup in the Lord's right hand will come around to you, and shame will come upon your glory!

Matthew 16:9

Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?

Mark 8:18

Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

Luke 8:15

And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 9:44

“Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.”

John 8:59

So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

Deuteronomy 4:23

Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make a graven image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only take heed, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children's children—

Hebrews 12:5

And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons?— “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.

2 Peter 1:15

And I will see to it that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

2 Peter 3:1

This is now the second letter that I have written to you, beloved, and in both of them I have aroused your sincere mind by way of reminder;