Hebrews 12:25

23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

26 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

27 The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
KJV
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
WEB
See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
ASV
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
DARBY
See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] from heaven:
BLB
Watch out, lest you⁺ refuse the One speaking. For if they did not escape, having refused the One divinely warning [them] on earth, much less we, turning away from the One from the heavens,
ÅB
Se til at dere ikke avviser ham som taler! For slapp ikke hine fri, de som avviste ham som talte på jorden, hvor meget mindre skal da vi slippe om vi vender oss bort fra ham som taler fra himmelen!
OTB
Se til at dere ikke avviser ham som taler. For hvis de ikke slapp unna da de avviste ham som advarte dem på jorden, hvor mye mindre skal vi unnslippe hvis vi vender oss bort fra ham som advarer oss fra himmelen?
B1930
Se til at I ikke avviser ham som taler! For slapp ikke hine fri, de som avviste ham som talte på jorden, hvor meget mindre skal da vi slippe om vi vender oss bort fra ham som taler fra himmelen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 8:5

    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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  • Hebrews 2:1–3

    We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:17

    But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

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  • Zechariah 7:11

    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

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  • Proverbs 13:18

    Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

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  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  • Exodus 20:22

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

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  • Exodus 16:29

    Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

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