Hebrews 12:23

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Hebrews 12:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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.

25 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?

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Psalms 89:7

In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Psalms 111:1

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Ephesians 1:22

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Ephesians 5:24

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

1 Timothy 3:5

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

Exodus 4:22

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Exodus 13:2

“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

Deuteronomy 21:17

Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

Psalms 89:27

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

James 1:18

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

Exodus 32:32

Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

Psalms 69:28

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

Luke 10:20

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

Philippians 4:3

Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

Revelation 13:8

And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Hebrews 6:11

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

Hebrews 6:12

Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

Psalms 50:5

“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Psalms 50:6

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

Psalms 94:2

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

Psalms 96:13

before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Psalms 98:9

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

Matthew 25:32

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Matthew 25:33

He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

John 5:27

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

1 Peter 2:23

When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:40

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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.

1 Corinthians 15:49

And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:22

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

Philippians 1:23

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

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.

Philippians 3:13

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:15

All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

Philippians 3:16

Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

Philippians 3:17

Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

Philippians 3:18

For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Philippians 3:21

who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

Colossians 1:12

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

Revelation 7:14

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:15

For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

Revelation 7:16

‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”