Hebrews 12:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded [to them] and respected [them for training us]. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so [truly] live?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Common English Bible

⁹ What’s more, we had human parents who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced them: shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits, and live?

Hebrews 12:9 Cross References

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Isaiah 38:16

O Lord, by these things men live, and wholly therein is the life of my spirit: wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 45:10

Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, with what travailest thou?

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Ezekiel 22:7

In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Numbers 16:22

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

Numbers 27:16

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

Luke 18:2

saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, and regarded not man:

Luke 18:4

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Acts 2:30

Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;

Romans 1:3

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Romans 9:5

whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

James 4:7

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Revelation 22:6

And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.