Hebrews 12:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”

Job 19:26

and after my skin has been destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God,

Job 33:26

then he prays to God and is accepted by him; he comes into his presence with joy, and God repays him for his righteousness.

Psalm 120:6

Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.

Psalm 133:1

How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalm 38:20

Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

Psalm 94:15

for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good, but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness in his presence all our days.

Romans 12:18

If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Romans 14:19

Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 1:10

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.

Ephesians 5:5

Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal, but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

1 Timothy 6:11

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Hebrews 12:10

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

1 Peter 3:11

let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.

1 Peter 3:13

Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness,

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

Judges 11:14

Once again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites