Hebrews 3:12

New International Reader's Version

Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the offerings pleased the Lord. He said to himself, “I will never put a curse on the ground again because of human beings. I will not do it even though their hearts are always directed toward evil. Their thoughts are evil from the time they are young. I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done.

Job 21:14

But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We don’t want to know how you want us to live.

Job 22:17

They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can you do to us, you Mighty One?’

Psalm 18:21

I have lived the way the Lord wanted me to. I am not guilty of turning away from my God.

Proverbs 1:32

“The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.

Isaiah 59:13

We’ve refused to obey the Lord. We’ve made evil plans against him. We’ve turned our backs on our God. We’ve stirred up conflict and refused to follow him. We’ve told lies that came from our own minds.

Jeremiah 11:8

But they did not listen. They did not pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. So I brought down on them all the curses of the covenant. I commanded them to obey it. But they refused.’ ”

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have done more evil things than they did. All of you are doing what your stubborn and evil hearts want you to do. You are not obeying me.

Jeremiah 17:5

The Lord says, “Those who trust in human beings are under my curse. They depend on human strength. Their hearts turn away from me.

Jeremiah 17:9

A human heart is more dishonest than anything else. It can’t be healed. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 18:12

But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue to do what we’ve already planned. All of us will do what our stubborn and evil hearts want us to do.’ ”

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have sinned twice. They have deserted me, even though I am the spring of water that gives life. And they have dug their own wells. But those wells are broken. They can’t hold any water.

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord. All the nations will gather together there. They will go there to honor me. They will no longer do what their stubborn and evil hearts want them to do.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward.

Ezekiel 14:5

I will win back the hearts of the people of Israel. All of them have deserted me for their other gods.” ’

Hosea 1:2

The Lord began to speak through Hosea. He said to him, “Go. Marry a woman who has sex with anyone she wants. Have children with her. Do this because the people of the land are like that kind of wife. They have not been faithful to me.”

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah. You are the Son of the living God.”

Matthew 24:4

Jesus answered, “Keep watch! Be careful that no one fools you.

Mark 13:23

Keep watch! I have told you everything ahead of time.

Mark 13:33

Keep watch! Stay awake! You do not know when that time will come.

Mark 13:9

“Watch out! You will be handed over to the local courts. You will be whipped in the synagogues. You will stand in front of governors and kings because of me. In that way you will be witnesses to them.

Luke 21:8

Jesus replied, “Keep watch! Be careful that you are not fooled. Many will come in my name. They will claim, ‘I am he!’ And they will say, ‘The time is near!’ Do not follow them.

Romans 11:21

God didn’t spare the natural branches. He won’t spare you either.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So be careful. When you think you are standing firm, you might fall.

Colossians 2:8

Make sure no one controls you. They will try to control you by using false reasoning that has no meaning. Their ideas depend on human teachings. They also depend on the basic spiritual powers of this world. They don’t depend on Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

The believers themselves report the kind of welcome you gave us. They tell about how you turned away from statues of gods. And you turned to serve the living and true God.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 10:38

And, “The one who is right with God will live by faith. And I am not pleased with the one who pulls back.” (Habakkuk 2:3,4)

Hebrews 12:15

Be sure that no one misses out on God’s grace. See to it that a bitter plant doesn’t grow up. If it does, it will cause trouble. And it will make many people impure.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion. You have come to the city of the living God. This is the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to a joyful gathering of angels. There are thousands and thousands of them.

Hebrews 12:25

Be sure that you don’t say no to the one who speaks. People did not escape when they said no to the one who warned them on earth. And what if we turn away from the one who warns us from heaven? How much less will we escape!

Hebrews 3:1

Holy brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his people. So keep thinking about Jesus. We embrace him as our apostle and our high priest.

Hebrews 3:10

That is why I was angry with them. I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray. They have not known my ways.’

Hebrews 3:19

So we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.