Hebrews 12:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

Cross References

Psalm 119:75

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

Lamentations 3:33

For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.

Leviticus 19:2

Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Ephesians 4:24

And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

Colossians 1:22

In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

Hebrews 12:14

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

1 Peter 2:5

You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

2 Peter 1:4

And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

Ruth 1:3

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.