Hebrews 3:12

Hebrews 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
• New International Version (NIV)See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

Context of Hebrews 3:12

10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ 11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

Hebrews 3:12 word by word

Βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ζῶντος·Read the interlinear

• See to itβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• brothersἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• ·πότεpote · when?G4219
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• ·τιςtis · oneG5100
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• of youσύsu · youG4771
• hasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a wickedπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• of unbeliefἀπιστίαapistia · unbeliefG570
• that turns awayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that turns awayἀφίστημιaphistēmi · to leaveG868
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:12

• Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Hebrews 12:15See 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.
• Matthew 24:4Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
• Mark 13:9So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
• Luke 21:8Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
• Romans 11:21For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
• 1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
• Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
• Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
• Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
• Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
• Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
• Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
• Jeremiah 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
• Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
• Jeremiah 18:12But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you - Take warning by those disobedient Israelites; they were brought out of the house of bondage, and had the fullest promise of a land of prosperity and rest. By their disobedience they came short of it, and fell in the wilderness. Ye have been brought from the bondage of sin, and have a most gracious promise of an everlasting inheritance among the saints in light; through unbelief and disobedience they lost…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Take heed, brethren - In view of the conduct of the rebellious Jews, and of their fearful doom, be on your guard lest you also be found to have had the same feelings of rebellion and unbelief. See to it, that under the new dispensation, and in the enjoyment of the privileges of the gospel, you be not found to manifest such feelings as shall exclude you from the heavenly world. The “principle” has been settled by their unbelief that they who oppose God…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Days of temptation are often days of provocation. But to provoke God, when he is letting us see that we entirely depend and live upon him, is a provocation indeed. The hardening of the heart is the spring of all other sins. The sins of others, especially of our relations, should be warnings to us. All sin, especially sin committed by God's professing, privileged people, not only provokes God, but it grieves him. God is loth to destroy any in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God: An evil heart stubbornly resists the Lord because of unbelief, leading a person to turn away from the living God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Take heed--to be joined with "wherefore," He 3:7. lest there be--Greek (indicative), "lest there shall be"; lest there be, as I fear there is; implying that it is not merely a possible contingency, but that there is ground for thinking it will be so. in any--"in any one of you." Not merely ought all in general be on their guard, but they ought to be so concerned for the safety of each one member, as not to suffer any one to perish through their…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:12

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Procrastination
• Reprobacy
• Self-Will
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Unbelief
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

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• Apostle
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• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hap; Haply

Commentaries on Hebrews 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings