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 Living Translation (NLT)Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.

Context of Hebrews 3:12

10Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’ 11So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ” Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Take heedβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• lestμήποτεmēpote mē pote · lestG3379
• there beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• of youσύsu · youG4771
• anκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• of unbeliefἀπιστίαapistia · unbeliefG570
• departingἀφίστημιaphistēmi · to leaveG868
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:12

• Hebrews 2:1Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
• Hebrews 12:15looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
• Matthew 24:4And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
• Mark 13:9“But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.
• Luke 21:8And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore do not go after them.
• Romans 11:21For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
• 1 Corinthians 10:12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
• Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’
• Genesis 8:21And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
• Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• Jeremiah 3:17“At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.
• Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
• Jeremiah 11:8Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone followed the dictates of his evil heart; therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but which they have not done.’ ”
• Jeremiah 16:12And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
• Jeremiah 18:12And they said, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates 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

• God
• Apostle
• Moses
• Unbelief
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hap; Haply
• Hebrews, Epistle to the

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