Hebrews 12:14

Easy To Read Version

Try to live in peace with all people. And try to live lives free from sin. If a person’s life is not holy, {\cf2\super [160]} then he will never see the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named that place Peniel. [192] Jacob said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”

Job 19:26

After I leave my body\par and my skin has been destroyed,\par I know I will still see God.\par

Job 33:26

That person will pray to God,\par and God will answer his prayer.\par That person will shout with joy\par and worship God.\par He will live a good life again.\par

Psalm 120:6

I have lived too long with people\par who hate peace.\par

Psalm 133:1

Oh how good and pleasant it is\par when brothers can sit together,\par truly united!\par

Psalm 34:14

Stop doing bad things!\par Do good things.\par Work for peace.\par Run after peace until you catch it.\par

Psalm 38:20

My enemies do bad things to me,\par and I did only good things to them.\par I tried to do only good things,\par but those people turned against me.\par

Psalm 94:15

Justice will return,\par and it will bring fairness.\par And then there will be good, honest people.\par

Proverbs 15:1

A peaceful answer causes anger to disappear. But a rough answer causes anger to grow.

Proverbs 16:7

If a person is living a good life, pleasing to the Lord, then even that person’s enemies will be at peace with him.

Proverbs 17:14

If you start an argument, it is like breaking a hole in a dam. So stop the argument before it becomes bigger and bigger.

Isaiah 51:1

“Some of you people try hard to live good lives. You go to the Lord for help. Listen to me. You should look at Abraham your father. He is the rock you were cut from.

Mark 9:50

“Salt is good. But if the salt loses its salty taste, then you can’t make it salty again. So, be full of goodness. And have peace with each other.”

Luke 1:75

We will be holy and good before God as long as we live.\par

Romans 12:18

Do the best you can to live in peace with all people.

Romans 14:19

So let us try as hard as we can to do the things that make peace. And let us try to do the things that will help each other.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You are now slaves of God. And this brings you a life that is only for God. And from that you will get life forever.

1 Corinthians 1:10

I beg you brothers and sisters in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I beg that all of you agree with each other, so that there will be no divisions among you. I beg that you be completely joined together by having the same kind of thinking and the same purpose.

1 Corinthians 13:12

It is the same with us. Now we see like we are looking into a dark mirror. But at that time, in the future, we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part. But at that time I will know fully, like God has known me.

2 Corinthians 6:17

“So come away from those people\par and separate yourselves from them,\par says the Lord.\par Touch nothing that is not clean,\par and I will accept you.”\par \i (Isaiah 52:11)\i0 \par

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises \{from God\}. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. We should try to become perfect in the way we live, because we respect God.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law {\cf2\super [41]} is against God’s promises? No! If there was a law that could give life to people, then we could be made right by following law.

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No person will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God if that person does sexual sins, or does evil things, or is a person who always wants more and more for himself. A greedy person like that is serving a false god.

Philippians 3:12

I don’t mean that I am already exactly like God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach that goal and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that. That is the reason Christ made me his.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

We pray this so that your hearts will be made strong. Then you will be holy {\cf2\super [11]} and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy people.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

God called us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Be sure that no person pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you are a man of God. So you should stay away from all those things. Try to live in the right way, serve God, have faith, love, patience, and gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

Stay away from the evil things a young person wants to do. Try very hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace. Do these things together with those people who have pure hearts and trust in the Lord.

Hebrews 12:10

Our fathers on earth punished us for a short time. They punished us the way they thought was best. But God punishes us to help us, so that we can become holy {\cf2\super [159]} like him.

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And Christ will come a second time, but not for people’s sin. Christ will come the second time to bring salvation to those people who are waiting for him.

1 Peter 3:11

That person must stop doing evil\par and do good;\par that person should look for peace\par and try to get it.\par

1 Peter 3:13

If you are always trying to do good, then no person can really hurt you.

2 Peter 3:11

In that way everything will be destroyed like I told you. So what kind of people should you be? You should live holy {\cf2\super [14]} lives and do things to serve God.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace (kindness) and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.

Judges 11:14

So the messengers of Jephthah took this message back to Jephthah. [97] Then Jephthah sent the messengers to the king of the Ammonite people again.