Hebrews 12:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

Cross References

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell face down  and said, ‘God, God who gives breath to all,  , when one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community? ’

Numbers 27:16

‘May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all,  , appoint a man over the community

Isaiah 42:5

This is what God, the Lord, says – who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk on it   –

John 3:6

Whatever is born of the flesh   is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit   is spirit.

Job 12:10

The life of every living thing is in his hand, as well as the breath of all humanity.

Zechariah 12:1

A pronouncement: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. A declaration of the  Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him.

Exodus 20:12

Honour your father and your mother  so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Isaiah 38:16

Lord, by such things people live, and in every one of them my spirit finds life; you have restored me to health and let me live.

1 Peter 5:6

Humble  yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand  of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,

James 4:7

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse you for ever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.

Leviticus 19:3

‘Each of you is to respect his mother and father.  You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.

Romans 9:5

The ancestors are theirs,  and from them, by physical descent,  came the Christ,  who is God  over all,  praised forever.  , Amen.

Proverbs 30:17

As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“The one who dishonours his father or mother is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Malachi 1:6

‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me?  says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt,  and the resident foreigner is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish  that I myself were cursed  and cut off  from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.

Romans 1:3

concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David  , according to the flesh

Acts 2:30

Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants  on his throne.

Luke 18:2

‘There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God   or respect people.

Luke 18:4

‘For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, “Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,

Revelation 22:6

Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful  and true.  The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,  has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.’

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to the one who says to his father, “What are you fathering? ” or to his mother, “What are you giving birth to? ” ’