Hebrews 12:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Psalm 111:1

Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Psalm 69:28

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.

Psalm 89:27

I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Psalm 89:7

a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all who are around him?

Psalm 94:2

Rise up, O judge of the earth; give to the proud what they deserve!

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine.”

Exodus 32:32

But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of the book that you have written.”

Exodus 4:22

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back; I will let them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path where they shall not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Luke 10:20

Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

John 5:27

and he has given him authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

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.

1 Corinthians 15:49

Just as we have borne the image of the one of dust, we will also bear the image of the one of heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When this perishable body puts on imperishability and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:22

And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,

Deuteronomy 21:17

He must acknowledge as firstborn the son of the one who is disliked, giving him a double portion of all that he has; since he is the first issue of his virility, the right of the firstborn is his.

Philippians 4:3

Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Colossians 1:24

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

1 Timothy 3:5

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith he still speaks.

Hebrews 11:40

since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.

Hebrews 2:12

saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.”

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once and after that the judgment,

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

Revelation 13:8

and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.

Revelation 14:4

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,

Revelation 20:15

and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

Revelation 6:11

They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of their brothers and sisters who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed.

Revelation 6:9

When he broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they had given;