Hebrews 12:23

New English Translation

and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

Psalm 111:1

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

Psalm 69:28

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

Psalm 89:27

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

Psalm 89:7

a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?

Psalm 94:2

Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud!

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

Psalm 98:9

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

Exodus 13:2

“Set apart to me every firstborn male – the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will forgive their sin…, but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written.”

Exodus 4:22

You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

John 5:27

and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Acts 20:28

Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:54

Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

2 Corinthians 5:8

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:22

And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

Deuteronomy 21:17

Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power – to him should go the right of the firstborn.

Philippians 4:3

Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

1 Timothy 3:5

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:40

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

Hebrews 2:12

saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.”

Hebrews 9:27

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

James 1:18

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

Revelation 13:8

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Revelation 20:15

If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 6:11

Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

Revelation 6:9

Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.