Hebrews 6:12 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹² so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Common English Bible

¹² This is so you won’t be lazy but follow the example of the ones who inherit the promises through faith and patience.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² That you become not slothful, but followers of them, who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:12 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 2:20

So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 26:14

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Proverbs 28:10

He who misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit; but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Matthew 22:32

‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?

Luke 16:22

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried;

Luke 8:15

And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Romans 12:11

Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Romans 4:12

and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 5:11

About this we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

Hebrews 6:15

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

James 1:3

for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

1 John 2:25

And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.

Revelation 13:10

If any one is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if any one slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.