Hebrews 12:25

God's Word

Be careful that you do not refuse to listen when God speaks. Your ancestors didn’t escape when they refused to listen to God, who warned them on earth. We certainly won’t escape if we turn away from God, who warns us from heaven.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “What share do we have in David’s kingdom? We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. To your own tents, Israel! Now look after your own house, David!” So Israel went home to their own tents.

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,

Exodus 16:29

Remember: The Lord has given you this day of rest as a holy day. That’s why he gives you enough food on the sixth day for two days. On the seventh day stay in your place—no one is to go out. Everyone, stay where you are.”

Exodus 20:22

The Lord said to Moses, “This is what you must say to the Israelites: You’ve seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

Proverbs 1:24

“I called, and you refused to listen. I stretched out my hands to you, and no one paid attention.

Proverbs 1:32

“Gullible people kill themselves because of their turning away. Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame come to a person who ignores discipline, but whoever pays attention to constructive criticism will be honored.

Proverbs 15:32

Whoever ignores discipline despises himself, but the person who listens to warning gains understanding.

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to discipline, and become wise. Do not leave my ways.

Isaiah 48:6

You’ve heard these words. Now look at all this. Won’t you admit it? From now on I will reveal to you new things, hidden things that you do not know.

Isaiah 64:9

Don’t be too angry, Lord. Don’t remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people.

Jeremiah 11:10

They’ve gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors and refused to obey my words. They are following other gods and worshiping them. The nations of Israel and Judah have rejected the promise that I made to their ancestors.

Ezekiel 5:6

The people of Jerusalem have rebelled against my rules and my laws more than the surrounding nations. They have rejected my rules, and they don’t live by my laws.

Zechariah 7:11

“But people refused to pay attention. They shrugged their shoulders at me and shut their ears so that they couldn’t hear.

Numbers 32:15

If you turn away from him, he will abandon all these people in the desert. You would be responsible for their destruction.”

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them. Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, “This is my Son, whom I love and with whom I am pleased. Listen to him!”

Matthew 8:4

Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this! Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifice Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean.”

Acts 7:35

“This is the Moses whom the Israelites rejected by saying, ‘Who made you our ruler and judge?’ This is the one God sent to free them and to rule them with the help of the Messenger who appeared to him in the bush.

Deuteronomy 18:19

Whoever refuses to listen to the words that prophet speaks in my name will answer to me.

Deuteronomy 30:17

But your hearts might turn away, and you might not listen. You might be tempted to bow down to other gods and worship them.

Deuteronomy 4:36

He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard him speak from the column of fire.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Make sure that no one ever pays back one wrong with another wrong. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and everyone else.

2 Timothy 4:4

People will refuse to listen to the truth and turn to myths.

Hebrews 1:1

In the past God spoke to our ancestors at many different times and in many different ways through the prophets.

Hebrews 11:7

Faith led Noah to listen when God warned him about the things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a ship to save his family. Through faith Noah condemned the world and received God’s approval that comes through faith.

Hebrews 12:19

to a trumpet’s blast, and to a voice. When your ancestors heard that voice, they begged not to hear it say another word.

Hebrews 3:12

Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

Hebrews 3:17

With whom was God angry for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned and died in the desert.

Hebrews 8:5

They serve at a place that is a pattern, a shadow, of what is in heaven. When Moses was about to make the tent, God warned him, “Be sure to make everything based on the plan I showed you on the mountain.”

Joshua 22:15

When they arrived these leaders said to the people of Gilead,

Joshua 22:16

“All of the Lord’s congregation is asking, ‘What is this faithless act you have committed against the God of Israel?’ Today you have turned away from following the Lord by building an altar for yourselves. Today you have rebelled against the Lord!

1 Peter 1:22

Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.

Revelation 19:10

I bowed at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Don’t do that! I am your coworker and a coworker of the Christians who hold on to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy!”

Revelation 22:9

He told me, “Don’t do that! I am your coworker. I work with other Christians, the prophets, and those who follow the words in this book. Worship God!”