Hebrews 13:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be stablished by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Do not be carried about by different and varied and alien teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and ennobled and strengthened by means of grace (God's favor and spiritual blessing) and not [to be devoted to] foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no [spiritual] benefit or profit to those who observe them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

Common English Bible

⁹ Don’t be misled by the many strange teachings out there. It’s a good thing for the heart to be strengthened by grace rather than by food. Food doesn’t help those who live in this context.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats; which have not profited those that walk in them.

Hebrews 13:9 Cross References

Psalm 112:8

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, Until he see his desire upon his adversaries.

Matthew 24:24

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:4

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

Romans 14:17

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Romans 14:2

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

Romans 14:6

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

1 Corinthians 8:8

But meat will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

2 Corinthians 1:21

Now he that stablisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of meekness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Ephesians 4:14

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Ephesians 5:6

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 2:4

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

2 Thessalonians 2:17

comfort your hearts and stablish them in every good work and word.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is now present;

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto thee, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

1 John 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Jude 1:12

These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.