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 provoked by this generation, and I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’ 11As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’” Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God. 13But encourage one another day by day—as long as it is called “Today”—so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we have become partners of Messiah, if we hold our original conviction firm until 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 2:1For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention 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 see to it that no bitter root springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.
• Matthew 24:4Yeshua answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray!
• Mark 13:9“Watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of Me, as a witness to them.
• Luke 21:8And He said, “Watch out that you are not led astray! For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He’ and ‘The time is near!’ Do not follow them.
• Romans 11:21for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
• 1 Corinthians 10:12Therefore let the one who thinks that he stands watch out that he doesn’t fall.
• Hebrews 3:10Therefore I was provoked by this generation, and I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’
• Genesis 8:21When Adonai smelled the soothing aroma, Adonai said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, even though the inclination of the heart of humankind is evil from youth. Nor will I ever again smite all living creatures, as I have done.
• Jeremiah 2:13“My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me —the spring of living water— and they dug their own cisterns— cracked cisterns that hold no water.
• Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of Adonai and all the nations will gather into it, to Jerusalem, in the Name of Adonai. No longer will they walk according to the stubbornness of their evil heart.
• Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen or pay attention. Instead they followed their own counsel, in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They have gone backward and not forward,
• Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ear, but each one walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant—which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
• Jeremiah 16:12Yes, you have done worse than your fathers. For here you are, each of you walking after the stubbornness of his evil heart, not listening to Me.
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?
• Jeremiah 18:12But they say: ‘It’s hopeless! So we will walk after our own plans, and each of us will act in 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

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Apostle
• Moses
• Unbelief
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Congregation
• Faint
• 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