Hebrews 12:14

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Hebrews 12:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

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Genesis 13:7

And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

Genesis 13:8

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

Psalms 34:14

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalms 38:20

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

Psalms 120:6

Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

Psalms 133:1

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 16:7

When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Isaiah 11:6

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

Isaiah 11:7

The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

Isaiah 11:8

The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

Isaiah 11:9

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Mark 9:50

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Romans 12:18

If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

1 Corinthians 1:10

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Ephesians 4:1

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 4:3

and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

Ephesians 4:5

one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

Ephesians 4:6

one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians 4:7

Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Ephesians 4:8

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

James 3:18

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.

1 Peter 3:11

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

Hebrews 12:10

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Psalms 94:15

Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Isaiah 51:1

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Philippians 3:12

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

1 Peter 1:15

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

1 Peter 1:16

for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

1 Peter 3:13

Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

2 Peter 3:11

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in 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 what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Job 33:26

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Ephesians 5:5

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and 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 impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

Revelation 21:24

By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.

Revelation 21:26

And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.

Revelation 21:27

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Revelation 22:3

No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.

Revelation 22:4

They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

Revelation 22:11

Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

Revelation 22:12

“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

Revelation 22:15

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.