Hebrews 12:9

New International Reader's Version

Besides, we have all had human fathers who trained us. We respected them for it. How much more should we be trained by the Father of spirits and live!

Cross References

Job 12:10

He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 30:17

“One person makes fun of their father. Another doesn’t honor their mother when she is old. The ravens of the valley will peck out their eyes. Then the vultures will eat them.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Isaiah 38:16

Lord, people find the will to live because you keep your promises. And my spirit also finds life in your promises. You brought me back to health. You let me live.

Isaiah 42:5

God created the heavens and stretches them out. The Lord spreads out the earth with everything that grows on it. He gives breath to its people. He gives life to those who walk on it. He says to his servant,

Isaiah 45:10

How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father, “Why did you give me life?” How terrible for anyone who says to a mother, “Why have you brought me into the world?”

Isaiah 57:16

I will not find fault with my people forever. I will not always be angry with them. If I were, I would cause their spirits to grow weak. The people I created would faint away.

Ezekiel 22:7

They have made fun of fathers and mothers alike. They have crushed outsiders. They have treated badly the children whose fathers have died. They have done the same thing to widows.

Leviticus 19:3

“ ‘All of you must have respect for your mother and father. You must always keep my Sabbath days. I am the Lord your God.

Zechariah 12:1

This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message about Israel. The Lord spreads out the heavens. He lays the foundation of the earth. He creates the human spirit within a person. He says,

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father. A slave honors his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I should have? If I am a master, where is the respect you should give me?” says the Lord who rules over all. “You priests look down on me. “But you ask, ‘How have we looked down on you?’

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground. They cried out, “God, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”

Numbers 27:16

“Lord, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Please put someone in charge of this community.

Luke 18:2

He said, “In a certain town there was a judge. He didn’t have any respect for God or care about what people thought.

Luke 18:4

“For some time the judge refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t have any respect for God. I don’t care about what people think.

John 3:6

People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

Acts 2:30

But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.

Romans 1:3

The good news is about God’s Son. He was born into the family line of King David.

Romans 9:3

I am so concerned about my people, who are members of my own race. I am ready to be cursed, if that would help them. I am even willing to be separated from Christ.

Romans 9:5

The founders of our nation belong to them. The Messiah comes from their family line. He is God over all. May he always be praised! Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“May anyone who brings shame on their father or mother be under the Lord’s curse.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

James 4:10

Be humble in front of the Lord. And he will lift you up.

James 4:7

So obey God. Stand up to the devil. He will run away from you.

1 Peter 5:6

So make yourselves humble. Put yourselves under God’s mighty hand. Then he will honor you at the right time.

Revelation 22:6

The angel said to me, “You can trust these words. They are true. The Lord is the God who gives messages to the prophets. He sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”