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Hebrews 6:12–13

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That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
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From verse 12

  1. Hebrews 13:7Rank 1 from verse 12
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    7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

  2. Hebrews 10:36Rank 2 from verse 12
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    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  3. Romans 12:11Rank 3 from verse 12
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    11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

  4. 1 John 2:25Rank 4 from verse 12
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    25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

  5. Jeremiah 6:16Rank 5 from verse 12
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    16Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

  6. Romans 2:7Rank 6 from verse 12
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  7. 2 Peter 1:10Rank 7 from verse 12
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    10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

  8. Hebrews 5:11Rank 8 from verse 12
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    11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

  9. James 1:3Rank 9 from verse 12
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    3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

  10. Proverbs 18:9Rank 10 from verse 12
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    9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  11. Proverbs 24:30–34Rank 11 from verse 12
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    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

    31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

    32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  12. Revelation 14:12–13Rank 12 from verse 12
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    12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

    13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  13. Hebrews 1:14Rank 13 from verse 12
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    14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

  14. Hebrews 12:1Rank 14 from verse 12
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    1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  15. Hebrews 6:15Rank 15 from verse 12
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    15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  16. James 5:10–11Rank 16 from verse 12
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    10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  17. Luke 8:15Rank 17 from verse 12
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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.

  18. Romans 4:12Rank 18 from verse 12
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    12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

  19. Romans 8:25–26Rank 19 from verse 12
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    25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

    26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

  20. 2 Thessalonians 1:4Rank 20 from verse 12
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    4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

  21. Hebrews 11:33Rank 21 from verse 12
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    33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

  22. Hebrews 11:8–17Rank 22 from verse 12
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

    10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

    11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

    12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

    15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

    16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

  23. Luke 20:37–38Rank 23 from verse 12
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    37Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

    38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

  24. Matthew 22:32Rank 24 from verse 12
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    32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

  25. Proverbs 12:24Rank 25 from verse 12
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    24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

  26. Proverbs 13:4Rank 26 from verse 12
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  27. Proverbs 15:19Rank 27 from verse 12
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    19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  28. Revelation 13:10Rank 28 from verse 12
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    10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

  29. 1 Peter 3:5–6Rank 29 from verse 12
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    5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

    6Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

  30. 1 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 30 from verse 12
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    3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

  31. Luke 16:22Rank 31 from verse 12
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    22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

  32. Matthew 25:26Rank 32 from verse 12
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    26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

  33. Song of Solomon 1:8Rank 33 from verse 12
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    8¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

From verse 13

  1. Genesis 22:15–18Rank 1 from verse 13
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    15¶ And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

    16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

    17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

    18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  2. Luke 1:73Rank 2 from verse 13
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    73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

  3. Psalms 105:9–10Rank 3 from verse 13
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    9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

    10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

  4. Isaiah 45:23Rank 4 from verse 13
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    23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

  5. Micah 7:20Rank 5 from verse 13
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    20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  6. Hebrews 6:16–18Rank 6 from verse 13
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    16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

    17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

    18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  7. Jeremiah 22:5Rank 7 from verse 13
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    5But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

  8. Jeremiah 49:13Rank 8 from verse 13
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    13For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

  9. Ezekiel 32:13Rank 9 from verse 13
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    13I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

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Hebrews 6:12

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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slothful

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Lazy, idle, sluggish, negligent, or slow and unwilling to act or labour.

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

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

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

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promises

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Sense 1: Assurances or pledges that something will be done or given. Sense 2: As a verb, gives such an assurance or pledge.

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Hebrews 6:13

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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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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

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promise

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Sense 1: An assurance or pledge that something will be done or given. Sense 2: That which is promised. Sense 3: To give such an assurance or pledge.

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

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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6:9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

6:11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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6:13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

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6:14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

6:15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

6:20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

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