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Hebrews 2:1–3

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THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
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From verse 1

  1. Luke 8:15Rank 1 from verse 1
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    15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  2. 2 Peter 1:12–13Rank 2 from verse 1
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    12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

    13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

  3. Proverbs 7:1–2Rank 3 from verse 1
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    1MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

    2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

  4. Proverbs 2:1–6Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

    3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  5. Deuteronomy 4:9Rank 5 from verse 1
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    9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

  6. Hebrews 1:1–2Rank 6 from verse 1
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    1GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

    2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

  7. 2 Peter 3:1Rank 7 from verse 1
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    1THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

  8. 2 Peter 1:15Rank 8 from verse 1
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    15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

  9. Joshua 23:11–12Rank 9 from verse 1
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    11Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.

    12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

  10. Proverbs 3:21Rank 10 from verse 1
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    21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  11. Proverbs 4:1–4Rank 11 from verse 1
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    1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

    2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

    3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

    4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

  12. Proverbs 4:20–22Rank 12 from verse 1
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    20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

    22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  13. Psalms 119:9Rank 13 from verse 1
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    9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

  14. 1 Chronicles 22:13Rank 14 from verse 1
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    13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

  15. Deuteronomy 32:46–47Rank 15 from verse 1
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    46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

    47For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

  16. Hebrews 12:5Rank 16 from verse 1
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    5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

  17. Deuteronomy 4:23Rank 17 from verse 1
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    23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

  18. Mark 8:18Rank 18 from verse 1
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    18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

  19. Matthew 16:9Rank 19 from verse 1
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    9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

  20. Hebrews 12:25–26Rank 20 from verse 1
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    25See 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:

    26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

  21. Hebrews 2:2–4Rank 21 from verse 1
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    2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

    3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

    4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

  22. Habakkuk 2:16Rank 22 from verse 1
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    16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

  23. Luke 9:44Rank 23 from verse 1
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    44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

  24. Habakkuk 1:6Rank 24 from verse 1
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    6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

From verse 2

  1. Acts 7:53Rank 1 from verse 2
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    53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

  2. Galatians 3:19Rank 2 from verse 2
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    19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

  3. Hebrews 10:28Rank 3 from verse 2
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    28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

  4. Jude 1:5Rank 4 from verse 2
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    5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

  5. Deuteronomy 27:26Rank 5 from verse 2
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    26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  6. Deuteronomy 17:12Rank 6 from verse 2
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    12And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

  7. Deuteronomy 17:5Rank 7 from verse 2
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    5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

  8. Deuteronomy 4:3–4Rank 8 from verse 2
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    3Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

    4But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.

  9. Hebrews 10:35Rank 9 from verse 2
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    35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

  10. Hebrews 11:26Rank 10 from verse 2
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    26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

  11. Numbers 21:6Rank 11 from verse 2
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    6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

  12. 1 Corinthians 10:5–12Rank 12 from verse 2
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    5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

    6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

    7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

    8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

    10Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

    11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

    12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

  13. Exodus 32:27–28Rank 13 from verse 2
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    27And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

    28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

  14. Hebrews 1:1Rank 14 from verse 2
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    1GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

  15. Hebrews 11:6Rank 15 from verse 2
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    6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  16. Leviticus 10:1–2Rank 16 from verse 2
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    1AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

    2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

  17. Leviticus 24:14–16Rank 17 from verse 2
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    14Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

    15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

    16And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

  18. Numbers 11:33Rank 18 from verse 2
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    33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

  19. Numbers 14:28–37Rank 19 from verse 2
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    28Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

    29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

    30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

    31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

    32But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

    33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

    34After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

    35I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

    36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

    37Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

  20. Numbers 15:30–36Rank 20 from verse 2
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    30¶ But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

    31Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

    32¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

    33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

    34And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

    35And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

    36And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  21. Numbers 16:31–35Rank 21 from verse 2
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    31¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

    32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

    33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

    34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

    35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  22. Numbers 16:49Rank 22 from verse 2
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    49Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

  23. Numbers 20:11–12Rank 23 from verse 2
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    11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

    12¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

  24. Psalms 68:17Rank 24 from verse 2
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    17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

  25. Deuteronomy 17:2Rank 25 from verse 2
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    2¶ If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

  26. Deuteronomy 32:2Rank 26 from verse 2
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    2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

  27. Numbers 25:9Rank 27 from verse 2
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    9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

From verse 3

  1. Hebrews 10:28–29Rank 1 from verse 3
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    28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

    29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  2. Hebrews 12:25Rank 2 from verse 3
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    25See 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:

  3. Hebrews 5:9Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

  4. Acts 4:12Rank 4 from verse 3
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    12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  5. 1 Peter 4:17–18Rank 5 from verse 3
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    17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

    18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  6. Ezekiel 17:15Rank 6 from verse 3
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    15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

  7. Romans 2:3Rank 7 from verse 3
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    3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  8. Hebrews 1:2Rank 8 from verse 3
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    2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

  9. Hebrews 4:11Rank 9 from verse 3
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    11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  10. Isaiah 12:2Rank 10 from verse 3
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    2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

  11. John 3:16–18Rank 11 from verse 3
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    16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

    18¶ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

  12. Luke 1:2Rank 12 from verse 3
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    2Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

  13. Matthew 23:33Rank 13 from verse 3
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    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

  14. Revelation 6:16–17Rank 14 from verse 3
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    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  15. Revelation 7:10Rank 15 from verse 3
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    10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

  16. 1 Timothy 1:15Rank 16 from verse 3
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    15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

  17. Hebrews 7:25–26Rank 17 from verse 3
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    25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

    26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  18. Isaiah 51:5Rank 18 from verse 3
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    5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

  19. Isaiah 62:11Rank 19 from verse 3
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    11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

  20. Mark 16:15–20Rank 20 from verse 3
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    15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

    16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

    17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

    18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

    19¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

    20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

  21. Acts 1:22Rank 21 from verse 3
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    22Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

  22. Hebrews 4:1Rank 22 from verse 3
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    1LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

  23. John 15:27Rank 23 from verse 3
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    27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

  24. Luke 24:47–48Rank 24 from verse 3
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    47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    48And ye are witnesses of these things.

  25. Mark 1:14Rank 25 from verse 3
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    14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

  26. Titus 2:11Rank 26 from verse 3
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    11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

  27. Acts 10:40–42Rank 27 from verse 3
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    40Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

    41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

    42And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

  28. Ezekiel 17:18Rank 28 from verse 3
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    18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

  29. Isaiah 51:8Rank 29 from verse 3
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    8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

  30. Matthew 4:17Rank 30 from verse 3
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    17¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  31. Acts 2:22Rank 31 from verse 3
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    22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

  32. Isaiah 20:6Rank 32 from verse 3
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    6And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

  33. Luke 24:19Rank 33 from verse 3
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    19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

  34. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 34 from verse 3
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    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  35. Luke 1:69Rank 35 from verse 3
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    69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

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DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 2:1

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earnest

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Sense 1: Sincere, intense, serious, pressing, or diligent. Sense 2: A pledge or first portion given as assurance of promised fulfilment.

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heed

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Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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slip

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Sense 1: To slide or lose firm footing. Sense 2: To escape or be lost from one's hold or attention.

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DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 2:2

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

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angels

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Sense 1: Messengers. Sense 2: Heavenly or spiritual messengers, whether holy or fallen as stated.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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transgression

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The act of passing beyond or violating a law, command, or rule of duty; an offense, fault, or sin.

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disobedience

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Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of that which is forbid; breach of duty prescribed by authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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reward

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Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.

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DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

escape

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To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neglect

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To omit, disregard, or fail to attend to through carelessness or design.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:1THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

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2:2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

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2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

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2:4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

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