Hebrews 12:15 · KJV
“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}”
— Hebrews 12:15
Follow peace with all {men}, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Lest there {be} any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Hebrews 12 — Context
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. {straight: or, even}
14Follow peace with all {men}, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}
16Lest there {be} any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. {place...: or, way to change his mind}
Cross References
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go {and} serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; {gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh}
Galatians 5:4
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, {as} workers together {with him}, beseech {you} also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 John 1:8
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. {wrought: or, gained, some copies read, ye have gained, but that ye, etc.}
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}
Hebrews 4:1
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left {us} of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.