Hebrews 12:9

New King James Version

Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

Cross References

Job 12:10

In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks his father, And scorns obedience to his mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Isaiah 38:16

O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would fail before Me, And the souls which I have made.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Leviticus 19:3

‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the Lord of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’

Numbers 16:22

Then they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”

Numbers 27:16

“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

Luke 18:2

saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

Luke 18:4

And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man,

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Acts 2:30

Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

Romans 1:3

concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,

Romans 9:5

of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

James 4:7

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:6

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

Revelation 22:6

Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.