Hebrews 6:12

New International Reader's Version

We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:24

Hands that work hard will rule. But people who are lazy will be forced to work.

Proverbs 13:4

People who refuse to work want things and get nothing. But the desires of people who work hard are completely satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of people who don’t want to work is blocked with thorns. But the path of honest people is a wide road.

Proverbs 18:9

Anyone who doesn’t want to work is like someone who destroys.

Proverbs 2:20

You will walk in the ways of good people. You will follow the paths of those who do right.

Proverbs 26:14

A person who doesn’t want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.

Proverbs 28:10

Those who lead honest people down an evil path will fall into their own trap. But those who are without blame will receive good things.

Song of Solomon 1:8

“You are the most beautiful woman of all. Don’t you know where to find the king? Follow the tracks the sheep make. Take care of your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.”

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord tells the people of Judah, “Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said, ‘We won’t walk on it.’

Matthew 22:32

He said, ‘I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.’ (Exodus 3:6) He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living.”

Matthew 25:26

“His master replied, ‘You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?

Luke 16:22

“The time came when the beggar died. The angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 8:15

But the seed on good soil stands for those with an honest and good heart. Those people hear the message. They keep it in their hearts. They remain faithful and produce a good crop.

Romans 12:11

Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.

Romans 2:7

God will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good. They want glory, honor, and life that never ends.

Romans 4:12

And Abraham is also the father of those who are circumcised and believe. So just being circumcised is not enough. Those who are circumcised must also follow the steps of our father Abraham. He had faith before he was circumcised.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

We remember you when we pray to our God and Father. Your work is produced by your faith. Your service is the result of your love. Your strength to continue comes from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

So among God’s churches we brag about the fact that you don’t give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.

Hebrews 1:14

All angels are spirits who serve. God sends them to serve those who will receive salvation.

Hebrews 10:36

You need to be faithful. Then you will do what God wants. You will receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 11:33

Because of their faith they took over kingdoms. They ruled fairly. They received the blessings God had promised. They shut the mouths of lions.

Hebrews 12:1

A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. And let us keep on running the race marked out for us.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders. They spoke God’s word to you. Think about the results of their way of life. Copy their faith.

Hebrews 5:11

We have a lot to say about this. But it is hard to make it clear to you. That’s because you are no longer trying to understand.

Hebrews 6:15

Abraham was patient while he waited. Then he received what God promised him.

James 1:3

Your faith will be tested. You know that when this happens it will produce in you the strength to continue.

2 Peter 1:10

My brothers and sisters, try very hard to show that God has appointed you to be saved. Try hard to show that he has chosen you. If you do everything I have just said, you will never trip and fall.

1 John 2:25

And here is what God has promised us. He has promised us eternal life.

Revelation 13:10

“Everyone who is supposed to be captured will be captured. Everyone who is supposed to be killed by a sword will be killed by a sword.” (Jeremiah 15:2) So God’s people must be patient and faithful.